. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relation; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . es of a tree to the lower part of a trunk, which theyascend as if by starts, sometimes in a spiral manner, tappingwith their bill, as they proceed, in order to discover the partsthat are unsound, on finding which they dig assiduously intothem, driving off the bark and chips of rotten wood with greatenergy, until they have succeeded in obtaining
. A history of British birds, indigenous and migratory: including their organization, habits, and relation; remarks on classification and nomenclature; an account of the principal organs of birds, and observations relative to practical ornithology .. . es of a tree to the lower part of a trunk, which theyascend as if by starts, sometimes in a spiral manner, tappingwith their bill, as they proceed, in order to discover the partsthat are unsound, on finding which they dig assiduously intothem, driving off the bark and chips of rotten wood with greatenergy, until they have succeeded in obtaining the insects andlarvre which have sheltered in them. Thev nestle in a hole dugby themselves in a decayed tree, and deposit the eggs in itsbottom, without generally interposing anything between themand the wood. The eggs are not numerous, and are generally 76 PICUS. WOODPECKER. white. Woodpeckers are for the most part unsocial birds, asregards their own species ; but frequently they may be seenin company with Nuthatches, Creepers, Tits, and some otherbirds of similar habits. Four species occur in Britain, but of these one has beenseen only in a very few instances, and the species which ismost common in some districts is not generally 77 PICUS MARTIUS. THE GREAT BLACKWOODPECKER.
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