. . 146 AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER. ^Ficoides americanus). fa Life-size. MFORD, CHICAGO. VKLLOW-HELLIKD Life-Size. WOODPECKERS, CUCKOOS, ETC. «85 another tree at more or less distance, thus spending the dayin rambling over a large range. Its cries also somewhatresemble those of the species just mentioned, but are louderand more shrill, like those of some quadruped sufferinggreat pain. It very frequently makes sorties after flyinginsects, which it secures in the air with as much ease as thered-headed woodpecker. Beside
. . 146 AMERICAN THREE-TOED WOODPECKER. ^Ficoides americanus). fa Life-size. MFORD, CHICAGO. VKLLOW-HELLIKD Life-Size. WOODPECKERS, CUCKOOS, ETC. «85 another tree at more or less distance, thus spending the dayin rambling over a large range. Its cries also somewhatresemble those of the species just mentioned, but are louderand more shrill, like those of some quadruped sufferinggreat pain. It very frequently makes sorties after flyinginsects, which it secures in the air with as much ease as thered-headed woodpecker. Besides insects, it also feeds onberries and other small fruits. Its rapid, gliding flight is deeply undulated. Now andthen it will fly from a detached tree of a field to a consid-erable distance before it alights, uttering at every dip aloud, shrill note. The nest of this species is generally bored in the bodyof a sound tree, near its first large branches. I observed noparticular choice as to timber, having seen it in oaks, pines,etc. The nest, like that of allied species, is worked out byboth sexes, and takes fully a week to complete, its usualdepth
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