. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. IVOnY-BtLL»!D 605 productive of ill r<'({irt- Irip of liliick (le- hjiiil lioiul; lidei t on lln' l>r«!nst. let round cj-ntral â d. Lower Hide of 111. Inrtfcr IVatlicrH :»', iind furiinwly flow l)l:ick. tln^ 12 iliiWttida llii'tii>(i, * lung, of a i Ky I. ill 111" group iillt-r, till- <^riiiiiion 1 more ({rt-y, Ihe e tail, in tli" male, I the same Hpccies jifl (proper Wood- KER. IT. 1. [male.] Au- jsing and Bpirited lecondaries, rump, e. âIn the female utive of Br
. A manual of the ornithology of the United States and of Canada [microform]. Birds; Oiseaux. IVOnY-BtLL»!D 605 productive of ill r<'({irt- Irip of liliick (le- hjiiil lioiul; lidei t on lln' l>r«!nst. let round cj-ntral â d. Lower Hide of 111. Inrtfcr IVatlicrH :»', iind furiinwly flow l)l:ick. tln^ 12 iliiWttida llii'tii>(i, * lung, of a i Ky I. ill 111" group iillt-r, till- <^riiiiiion 1 more ({rt-y, Ihe e tail, in tli" male, I the same Hpccies jifl (proper Wood- KER. IT. 1. [male.] Au- jsing and Bpirited lecondaries, rump, e. âIn the female utive of Brazil, seldom seen to hat state. It is c it is found, in the warmer regions, breeding in the rainy nniiBon, and the pair are bclievod to be united for life. More vagrant, retiring, and independent than the rest of his family, ho iH never found in fht- prccinctH of cultivatt-d tracts ; the ccene of hia doininiou is the lonely forcHt iimidHt trees of the greatest magnitude. His rcitorate<l trumpeting note, somewhat simihir to the high tones of the clarionet {pait pnit pntt pait), is heard, .soon niter day, and until a late morning hour, echoing loudly from the recesses of the dark cypress svt'ampw, where he dwells in domestic security, without showing any impertinent or necessary desire to quit his native Holitary aboden. Ifpon the giant trunk and arms of tlr colossus of the forest, and amidst almost inaccessible and ruinous piles of mouldering logs, the high rattling clarion and rapid strokes of this princely Woodpecker are often the only sounds which vibrate tlunugh, »nd communicate an air of life to these dismal wild?. His stridulous, interrupted call, and loud, industrious blows, may often be hoard for more than Haifa mile, and audible, at various distances, as the elevated mcchani.^ raises or depresses his voice, or as he flags or exerts himi<df In his luborious employment. His retiring habits, loud notes, and singular occupation, amidst s
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