. The birds of Canada : with descriptions of their habits, food, nests, eggs, times of arrival and departure . ; top of headand throat, red ; belly, yellow. This bird is afriend to the farmer, as it destroys immensenumbers of insects. Nests, in a decayed tree inthe woods ; eggs, five, pure white. Picoidcs hursutus.—The Banded Three-toed woodpecker is a permanent resident ofCanada. Length, nine inches. Black, above ; 14 Birds of Canada. white, beneath ; quills, spotted with white ; topof the head, spotted with white ; the crown ofthe male, with a yellow patch. Nests, in a stumpo
. The birds of Canada : with descriptions of their habits, food, nests, eggs, times of arrival and departure . ; top of headand throat, red ; belly, yellow. This bird is afriend to the farmer, as it destroys immensenumbers of insects. Nests, in a decayed tree inthe woods ; eggs, five, pure white. Picoidcs hursutus.—The Banded Three-toed woodpecker is a permanent resident ofCanada. Length, nine inches. Black, above ; 14 Birds of Canada. white, beneath ; quills, spotted with white ; topof the head, spotted with white ; the crown ofthe male, with a yellow patch. Nests, in a stumpor decayed tree ; eggs, four, creamy-white. Hylatoinus pilcatus.—The Pileated beautiful woodpecker is seldom seen inthe settled portions of Canada, although it isfrequently met with in the interior. It is thelargest and most powerful of the woodpeckerfamily. General color of body, wings, and tail,greenish-black ; a narrow white streak just abovethe eye to the occiput; crown of head, brightred. Length, eighteen inches. Nests, in a holein a tree or stub; eggs, five in number, pure RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. Mdancrpcs oytJiroccphalus.—The Red-headed bird is one of our regular visitors. It Birds of Canada. 15 arrives here from the south about the middleof May. Its habits are the same as those ofthe other species, except that he is a greatlover of fruit and grain. It is, however, aquestion whether he is not a greater friendthan enemy to the farmer, as he kills greatnumbers of insects. Back, black ; belly, white ;head and neck all round, crimson. Length, teninches ; bill and feet, black. Nests, in a hole ina stub or tree; eggs, four in number, pure white.
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