. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The California Woodpecker The name formicivorus, ant-eating, is a thorough misnomer for this bird. In common with all other woodpeckers it does eat ants, but these form only eight per cent of its food, as against fifty per cent for the Flicker (Colaptes cajer), and eighty-five per cent for the Williamson Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ihyroideus). This species does not secure much, if any, of its food by drilling, and it does not go after the Cerambycid la
. The birds of California : a complete, scientific and popular account of the 580 species and subspecies of birds found in the state. Birds; Birds. The California Woodpecker The name formicivorus, ant-eating, is a thorough misnomer for this bird. In common with all other woodpeckers it does eat ants, but these form only eight per cent of its food, as against fifty per cent for the Flicker (Colaptes cajer), and eighty-five per cent for the Williamson Sapsucker (Sphyrapicus ihyroideus). This species does not secure much, if any, of its food by drilling, and it does not go after the Cerambycid larvee at all. In addition to bugs, flies, and miscellaneous hymenoptera, taken a-wing, it appropriates a caterpillar or a beetle or an olive scale now and then, or lies in wait to pick up ants as they emerge from their xylophagous tunnellings. A regrettable taste for fruit is occasionally cul- tivated, but this has not reached economic pro- portions, save in the case of almonds. Almond orchards thrive best at a very considerable dis- tance from oak groves— otherwise, the "lead us not into temptation" petition were a vain thing (or shall we pray, "forgive us our debts as we forgive our debtors," and then seduce the birds?) Now, having consci- entiously despatched all other matters, we pause to remark, what is per- fectly well known to every Californian, that the California Wood- pecker is the original artist in inlaid bindings. From time immemorial this bird has riddled the bark of certain forest trees and stuffed the. Taken in the San Jacinto Mis. Photo by W. M. Pierce A THOROUGH JOB 102/. 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 Dawson, William Leon, 1873-1928; Dickey, Donald R. (Donald Ryder), 1887-1932; Pierce, Wright M; Finley, William L. (William Lovell), 1876-1953; Brooks, A
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