. The woodpeckers. Woodpeckers. 70 THE WOODPECKERS ting edge. It is a tapering, square-ended, flat- sided tool, -rather six-sided at the base and holding its bevel and angles to the tip. The woodpecker's bill is a pick, not a chisel. It is used like a pick, being driven home with a heavy. Head of Ivory-billed Woodpecker. blow and getting its efficiency from its own weight and wedge-shape and from the force with which it is impelled. Watch the downy wood- pecker at his work and see what sturdy blows he delivers, pausing after each one to aim and drive home another telhng stroke. This is pick- a
. The woodpeckers. Woodpeckers. 70 THE WOODPECKERS ting edge. It is a tapering, square-ended, flat- sided tool, -rather six-sided at the base and holding its bevel and angles to the tip. The woodpecker's bill is a pick, not a chisel. It is used like a pick, being driven home with a heavy. Head of Ivory-billed Woodpecker. blow and getting its efficiency from its own weight and wedge-shape and from the force with which it is impelled. Watch the downy wood- pecker at his work and see what sturdy blows he delivers, pausing after each one to aim and drive home another telhng stroke. This is pick- axe work. But sometimes he rattles off a suc- cession of taps so short and quick that they blend together in one continuous drumming, too. 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 Eckstorm, Fannie Hardy, 1865-1946. Boston, New York, Houghton, Mifflin and Company
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