. Nests and eggs of North American birds. Birds; Birds. 262 NE8T8 AND EGOS OF The largest of our North American Woodpeckers—in fact it is the prince of Woodpeckers. Its length ranges from nineteen to twenty-one inches.* The adult male has a long pointed crest of scarlet, the entire crown (with its elongated feath- ers) is black; the bill ivory-yellowish or whitish. This bird is now rare, and is ap- parently restricted to the extreme Southern States, especially those bordering the Gulf of Mexico. It is of a wild and wary disposition, making its home in the dark, swampy woodlands. The dense cypr
. Nests and eggs of North American birds. Birds; Birds. 262 NE8T8 AND EGOS OF The largest of our North American Woodpeckers—in fact it is the prince of Woodpeckers. Its length ranges from nineteen to twenty-one inches.* The adult male has a long pointed crest of scarlet, the entire crown (with its elongated feath- ers) is black; the bill ivory-yellowish or whitish. This bird is now rare, and is ap- parently restricted to the extreme Southern States, especially those bordering the Gulf of Mexico. It is of a wild and wary disposition, making its home in the dark, swampy woodlands. The dense cypress swamps of Florida are at present one of its favorite haunts. A set of three eggs of this species is in the cabinet of Captain B. P. Goss. They were taken in Southern Texas in May, 1885, from a hole in a tree about forty feet from the ground; the cavity was excavated to the depth of nearly two feet, and was large enough to allow the collector to insert his arm and take out the eggs. These are pyriform in shape, and have the usual gloss of wood- peckers' eggs, and measure, respectively, , , The average measurement of thirteen eggs in the U. S. National Museum is aboijt inches. Mr. W. E. D. Scott found a nest of this species in Hillsboro county, Florida, March 17, 1887, containing a young bird, one-third grown. The nest cavity was dug in a large cypress tree in the midst of a dense swamp, and was forty-one feet from the ground; the depth of the cavity was fourteen inches. Mr. Scott was told by old residents the bird was once very common in that region, but is now comparatively rare and shy. The day the nest was found eleven of the birds were counted in the swamp, sometimes four or five were in sight at Hairy Woodpecker. 393. HAIRY WOODPECKER. DryoMtes villosvs (Linn.) Geog. Dist.—Northern and mid- dle portions of the Eastern United States, from the Atlantic coast to the Great Plains. A ragged-looking black and white species, kn
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