. Birds of North Carolina . seen byC. S. Brimley and Sherman, May 14, 1908; Buncombe County, recorded by Cairnsas breeding on the higher mountains, and by Pearson, who found an immature birdon Graybeard Mountain, Buncombe County, in July, 1903. Their nesting season is May and June. Five to seven eggs are said to be general breeding habits are similar to those of other woodpeckers, and theholes thej dig for nests are usually in dead trees. If2 Birds of North Carolina This is the only woodpecker which is ])crin;inciitly injurious to trees, it beingverj- fond of the sap and teniler inn
. Birds of North Carolina . seen byC. S. Brimley and Sherman, May 14, 1908; Buncombe County, recorded by Cairnsas breeding on the higher mountains, and by Pearson, who found an immature birdon Graybeard Mountain, Buncombe County, in July, 1903. Their nesting season is May and June. Five to seven eggs are said to be general breeding habits are similar to those of other woodpeckers, and theholes thej dig for nests are usually in dead trees. If2 Birds of North Carolina This is the only woodpecker which is ])crin;inciitly injurious to trees, it beingverj- fond of the sap and teniler inner hark. It will difz; many little holes througiithe ])ark, running them around the trunk one above the other. Pearson countedover 1,600 of these miniature excavations in the trunk of a .small she balsam^onthe cami)us of Guilford College. The trees which they seem to attack most com-monly are the white pine, apple, and black gum. In winter they subsist mainlyon berries, such as those of the dogwood, frost grape, and Fia. 150. Sapslxkee. They appear to be the least shy of any of our woodpeckers. On the other hand,,they are much less noisy, both in their cries and while at work pecking in the bark,and thus easily escape detection by the casual observer. Bendire, in Life Histories of North American Birds, writes of this binl: None-of our woodpeckers are more noisy and boisterous than this species. This maybe correct in reference to them when on their northern breeding grounds, but itcertainly is not true of the birds as usually observed in North Carolina. Genus Phlceotomus (C. & H.)178. Phlceotomus pileatus {Linn:}. Pileatku Woodpecker. DcKcriptiim.—Black; a white stripe clown nenk; whole top of head and crest, and a patch onchecks, Icd in male, liut only crest r(^(l in female. In color distinguished from the Ivory-hilUdWoodpecker by the lack of white on the scapulars (shoulders), and by the general color bcinj;dull black instead of glossy black. I,., 1
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