. The land-birds and game-birds of New England : with descriptions of the birds, their nests and eggs, their habits and notes . Birds. 312 LAND-BIRDS AND {JAME-BIRDS I. COLAPTES (A) AtiKATUS. Golden-winged Woodpecker. Pigeon Wood- pecker. " ; " ; " Yellow-shafled Wood- ;, ^^ ; (Also eight other names.) ' (In Massachusetts, a common summer-resident, but much less abundant in winter.) (a). About 12^ inches long. Above, umber brown, black- barred ; tail and primaries, chiefly black ; rump, white. Crown and nape, dark gray,
. The land-birds and game-birds of New England : with descriptions of the birds, their nests and eggs, their habits and notes . Birds. 312 LAND-BIRDS AND {JAME-BIRDS I. COLAPTES (A) AtiKATUS. Golden-winged Woodpecker. Pigeon Wood- pecker. " ; " ; " Yellow-shafled Wood- ;, ^^ ; (Also eight other names.) ' (In Massachusetts, a common summer-resident, but much less abundant in winter.) (a). About 12^ inches long. Above, umber brown, black- barred ; tail and primaries, chiefly black ; rump, white. Crown and nape, dark gray, with a scarlet cres- cent behind. Throat, and upper breast, cinnamon or " lilac-brown ;'' the latter with a black crescent, and ^ with a black maxillary patch. Under parts, oth- erwise white, variously tinged, and black-spotted. Wings and tail, (chiefly) bright yellow beneath. (6). The nests of our various woodpeckers differ but little except in size or situation. They always Consist of a hole, gener- ally excavated by the birds themselves in a tree, or rarely a post, which may be either sound or rotten. They are usually made more than six feet from the ground, and more often in a trunk than in a limb. They vary in length from six to even forty inches, and are enlarged near the bottom, though rarelj' or never linpd. They are not always straight, but the entrance is almost invariably round, unless arched, as is often the case with those of the present species. No nests reqjaire more pa- tience in construction than these; yet they are, in their way, master-pieces, being smooth, symmetrical, and, as it were, highly Fig. 18. Golden-winged Woodpecker (i).. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Minot, Henry Davis, 1859-1890. Salem, Mass. : Naturalist's Agency
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