. Bird world : a bird book for children. Birds -- North America Popular works. A FAMILY OF BACKWOODSMEN. 47 table and went out again, only to find, on his return, that the table was ruined by the powerful blows of the bill. The bird refused to eat and at last died, brave and fierce to the end. THE SAPSUCKER, OR YELLOW-BELLIED WOODPECKER. This is the only one of the family that can justly be called the enemy of the farmer, and <^ : ., examination has proved that he does, on the whole, more good ^ than harm. Figure 5 shows the little pits he drills, in regular lines, in the bark of forest tre


. Bird world : a bird book for children. Birds -- North America Popular works. A FAMILY OF BACKWOODSMEN. 47 table and went out again, only to find, on his return, that the table was ruined by the powerful blows of the bill. The bird refused to eat and at last died, brave and fierce to the end. THE SAPSUCKER, OR YELLOW-BELLIED WOODPECKER. This is the only one of the family that can justly be called the enemy of the farmer, and <^ : ., examination has proved that he does, on the whole, more good ^ than harm. Figure 5 shows the little pits he drills, in regular lines, in the bark of forest trees and sometimes in apple trees; and when the pits fill ^^' i t h s a p h e drinks it as if it were nectar Fig 5. — Yellow-bellied Woodpecker. Harmful insects are attracted by. 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 Stickney, J. H. (Jenny H. ), b. 1840; Hoffmann, Ralph, b. 1870; Seton, Ernest Thompson, 1860-1946. Boston : Ginn


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