. The land-birds and game-birds of New England; with descriptions of the birds, their nests and eggs, their habits and notes, with illustrations;. Birds. 324 LAND-BIRDS. In this, which contains no lining, from four to six very smooth white eggs are laid. The notes of the Woodpeckers are un- musical, being variously screams, or rather shrill notes, pitched on a high key. I. COLAPTES. A. AUEATUS. Golderirwinged Woodpecker. Pigeon Woodpecker. ''; ''; "Yellow-shafted ; " ; (Also eight other names.) In Massachusetts, a common
. The land-birds and game-birds of New England; with descriptions of the birds, their nests and eggs, their habits and notes, with illustrations;. Birds. 324 LAND-BIRDS. In this, which contains no lining, from four to six very smooth white eggs are laid. The notes of the Woodpeckers are un- musical, being variously screams, or rather shrill notes, pitched on a high key. I. COLAPTES. A. AUEATUS. Golderirwinged Woodpecker. Pigeon Woodpecker. ''; ''; "Yellow-shafted ; " ; (Also eight other names.) In Massachusetts, a common summer resident, but much less abundant in winter.* a. About 12J inches long. Above, umber brown, black- barred ; tail and primaries, chiefly black; rump, white. Crown and nape, dark gray, with a scarlet crescent be- hind. Throat and upper breast, cinnamon or "lilac brown"; the latter with a black crescent, and $ with a black maxillary patch. Under parts, otherwise white, variously tinged, and black-spotted. Wings and tail, (chiefly) bright yellow beneath. h. The nests of our va- rious Woodpeckers differ but little except in size or situation. They always consist of a hole, generally excavated by the birds themselves in a tree, or rarely in a post, which may be either sound or rotten. They are usually made more than six feet from the ground, and more often in a trunk than in a limb. They vary in length from six to even forty inches, and are enlarged near the bottom, though rarely or * Very comraon throughout New and to the southward it also regularly England from April to October or spends the winter in fair numhers, es- November. In eastern Massachusetts pecially near the coast.—W. Fig. 18. Golden-winged Woodpecker, (j). 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 Minot, Henry Davis, 185
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