. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande Valley . brownish white, and black malarstripes sepaiating red of throatfrom white cheek stripes. Adultfemale : throat entirely white, andcrown sometimes without : head. neck, and chestmottled brown, the color patternof adults only faintly : , wing1 (male), tail , bill Distribution. — Breeds in east-ern North America, from northof Fort Simpson to Massachu-setts ; south in winter to WestIndies, Mexico, and
. Handbook of birds of the western United States, including the great plains, great basin, Pacific slope, and lower Rio Grande Valley . brownish white, and black malarstripes sepaiating red of throatfrom white cheek stripes. Adultfemale : throat entirely white, andcrown sometimes without : head. neck, and chestmottled brown, the color patternof adults only faintly : , wing1 (male), tail , bill Distribution. — Breeds in east-ern North America, from northof Fort Simpson to Massachu-setts ; south in winter to WestIndies, Mexico, and Costa Rica. Nest. — In dead or decayingtrees. 15 to 00 feet from theground. Eggs : 4 to 7. white. Food. — Large numbers of antsand flies, also bugs, wasps, crick-From Biological Survey, r. s. Dcpt. of Agriculture, ets. and other insects, wild 276. seeds, nuts, inner bark, and sap. The eastern sapsucker has been found Avest of the hundredthmeridian in Texas. Like the other sapsuckers it leaves a bla/.edtrail behind girdle of squarish holes on its food trees. If \ t^lMS^ ( , t,tfi: £•=&«« «v*. - .. J WOODPECKERS 211 the trees are delicate birches they will probably be killed in time,but the forest trees are too hardy to be affected by the loss of sap,and as the sweet syrup attracts a host of insects, the sapsucker doesa good piece of work in destroying them. He ranks next to theflicker as an ant-eater, one third of his solid food consisting of watching his fly-trap he clings to the trunk as motionless asif lued there.
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