. The birds of Ontario [microform] : being a list of birds observed in the Province of Ontario, with an account of their habits, distribution, nests, eggs, & Birds; Oiseaux. BIRDS OF Order PICI. Woodpeckers, Wrynecks, etc. Family PICID^. Woodpeckers. Genus DRYOBATES Boie. 161. DRYOBATES VILLOSUS (Linn.). 39^. Hairy Woodpecker. Back black, with a long white stripe ; quills and wing coverts with a profusion of white spots , four middle tail feathers black, next pair black and white, next two pairs white ; under-parts white ; crown and sides of head black, with a white stripe ovf and behin
. The birds of Ontario [microform] : being a list of birds observed in the Province of Ontario, with an account of their habits, distribution, nests, eggs, & Birds; Oiseaux. BIRDS OF Order PICI. Woodpeckers, Wrynecks, etc. Family PICID^. Woodpeckers. Genus DRYOBATES Boie. 161. DRYOBATES VILLOSUS (Linn.). 39^. Hairy Woodpecker. Back black, with a long white stripe ; quills and wing coverts with a profusion of white spots , four middle tail feathers black, next pair black and white, next two pairs white ; under-parts white ; crown and sides of head black, with a white stripe ovf and behind the eye, another from the nasal feathers running below the eye to spread on the side of the neck, and a scarlet nuchal band in the male, wanting in the female, young with the crown mostly red or bronzy, or even yellowish. Length, g-io; wing, nearly 5 ; tail, 3j. Hab. Middle portion of the Eastern United States, from the Atlantic coast to the Great Plains. Nest, in a hole in a tree. Eggs, 5 to 6 ; pure white, A resident, though not very abundant species, noticed more frequently in winter than in summer. It is generally distributed through Southern Ontario, and was also noted by Prof. Macoun in the Northwest. Individuals vary much in size, those found in the north being the largest. The Hairy Woodpecker is one of the most retiring of the family, spending much of its time in the solitudes of the woods, and when these are thinned out or cleared away, inoving to regions still more remote. It is a strong, hardy, active bird, and the noise it makes while hammering on a tree, when heard in the stillness of the woods, might well be supposed to be produced by a bird of much greater size. 162. DRYOBATES UBESCENS (Linn.). 394. Downy Woodpecker. Coloration exactly as in P. villosus except the outer tail feathers are barred with black and white. Length, 6-7 ; wing, under 4 ; tail, under 3. 164. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitall
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