. Bird-lore . odpeckers untildark, I found that one went toroost in the nesting-hole aboutdusk, and the other, probably themale, shortly after went into anold hole in the same dead tree,• higher up. The Sparrows bothered theWoodpeckers somewhat. At times,when a sparrow became too in-quisitive, the Woodpecker woulddive at him and bear him cleardown to the ground; there thematter would end, the Sparrowrapidly flying away, and theWoodpecker flying back to thenest, where possibly another for-eigner would be on deck, to bedealt with in the same way. Bythe time the second brood waswell under way, th
. Bird-lore . odpeckers untildark, I found that one went toroost in the nesting-hole aboutdusk, and the other, probably themale, shortly after went into anold hole in the same dead tree,• higher up. The Sparrows bothered theWoodpeckers somewhat. At times,when a sparrow became too in-quisitive, the Woodpecker woulddive at him and bear him cleardown to the ground; there thematter would end, the Sparrowrapidly flying away, and theWoodpecker flying back to thenest, where possibly another for-eigner would be on deck, to bedealt with in the same way. Bythe time the second brood waswell under way, the Sparrows, aswell as all other birds in thevicinity, seemed to have learnedthe lesson of no trespass and the Red-heads had everything theirown way. To my regret, I was unable to determine the number of young in eachbrood, on account of the character of the tree in which the nest was , I am pretty certain that the second brood consisted of two birdsonly, as this was all I ever saw at one REU-HEAI>ED WOODPECKERPhotographed by the author The Migration of North American Sparrows SEVENTEENTH PAPER Compiled by Professor W. W. Cooke, Chiefly from Data in the Biological Survey With Drawings by Louis Agassiz Fuertes (See frontispiece) CANON TOWHEE This non-migratory species has its center of abundance in Arizona andNew Mexico, from which a few range north as far as Boulder, Colorado, eastinto western Texas, and south for a short distance into Mexico. CALIFORNIA TOWHEE This is one of the most abundant and characteristic birds of is a permanent resident from the foothills of the Sierra Nevada to the coast;a few ranging north to southwestern Oregon. The form occurring in south-western California and northern Lower California has been separated as asubspecies, Pihilo cr is sails senlcula, Anthonys Towhee. ABERTS TOWHEE Aberts Towhee is an abundant permanent resident of southern Arizonaand of the deserts of southeastern California and northeastern Lo
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