. The oist . ay from the tenth until theeighteenth, that would account foreleven eggs. All the eggs were fertilebut three were quite a bit larger thanthe rmaining eight. Therefore I think,as it is reasonable to suppose, that twodifferent Flickers laid eggs in thisnest. (Toronto). Goldfinch. On August 27, 1915, I flushed a Gold-finch from her nest about fifteen feetup on a horizontal branch of an nest contained four perfectlyfresh eggs. (Toronto). Paul Tarrington. The Northern Plicated Woodpecker.(Phlaotomus pileatus abieticola) By S. S. scarlet-crested and attractivebird, t
. The oist . ay from the tenth until theeighteenth, that would account foreleven eggs. All the eggs were fertilebut three were quite a bit larger thanthe rmaining eight. Therefore I think,as it is reasonable to suppose, that twodifferent Flickers laid eggs in thisnest. (Toronto). Goldfinch. On August 27, 1915, I flushed a Gold-finch from her nest about fifteen feetup on a horizontal branch of an nest contained four perfectlyfresh eggs. (Toronto). Paul Tarrington. The Northern Plicated Woodpecker.(Phlaotomus pileatus abieticola) By S. S. scarlet-crested and attractivebird, the pileated woodpecker, knownin some localities as Indian Hen, Log-cock, and Woodcock was once a toler-ably abundant species of woodpeckerin most of the Eastern as well as theCentral and Northern States. Yearsago it is said not to have been uncom-mon to hear these wary birds as theyuttered their flicker-like notes or paus-ed to hammer on some hollow treetrunk. At that time the birds inhab- THE OOLOGIST &5. Drawing illustrative of the Northern Pileated Woodpecker —Made by S. S. Dickev 66 THE OOLOGIST ited all forests. But with the vanish-ing of more cherished game, huntersbegan to persecute our great wood-pecker, shooting the birds at every op-portunity and leaving them as food forinsects. As the country became morepopulated, the forests, necessarily, be-came smaller and smaller until theIndian Hen was compelled to seekrefuge in the lesser timber , of course, their destruction wassure; for squirrel hunters, particularlyslew each bird on account of its sizeand attractive coloration. So, today, we find the pileated wood-pecker driven by ruthless man, theirgreatest enemy, into the wilder andless frequented mountain slashings,primeval forests, or wooded tracts re-moved from the habitations of is true that in some regions, wherethe birds are not molested, they willresort to woods quite near the dwell-ings of men. This giant woodpecker has been di-videdby scientist
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