. Elementary zoology. Zoology. BRANCH CHORD AT A; CLASS AVES: THE BIRDS 355 trees. Their nests are made in holes in trees, and the eggs are pure white and rounded. The harsh and shrill cries of the woodpeckers are familiar to all. The largest and one of the most interesting wood- peckers is the ivory-billed {CampepJiilus principalis), twenty inches long, glossy blue-black, with a high head-. FlG. 139. —The yellow-hammer, Colaptes anratus. (Photograph by W. E. Carlin: permission of G. O. Shields.) crest which is scarlet in the male. This bird lives in the heavily wooded swamps of the Southern S
. Elementary zoology. Zoology. BRANCH CHORD AT A; CLASS AVES: THE BIRDS 355 trees. Their nests are made in holes in trees, and the eggs are pure white and rounded. The harsh and shrill cries of the woodpeckers are familiar to all. The largest and one of the most interesting wood- peckers is the ivory-billed {CampepJiilus principalis), twenty inches long, glossy blue-black, with a high head-. FlG. 139. —The yellow-hammer, Colaptes anratus. (Photograph by W. E. Carlin: permission of G. O. Shields.) crest which is scarlet in the male. This bird lives in the heavily wooded swamps of the Southern States. Among the more abundant and widespread, and hence better known, woodpeckers are the yellow-hammers (fig, 139). 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 Kellogg, Vernon L. (Vernon Lyman), 1867-1937. New York : H. Holt and company
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