nd does not
so readily make friends. He prefers the woods to our orchards and is for
these reasons less often seen at our feeding-stands. The Hairy's notes
are noticeably louder than the Downy's. The nest-hole is usually in a
dead tree. The 2-4 white eggs are laid the last half of April.

DOWNY WOODPECKER

_Dryobates pubescens medianus. Case 2, Figs. 26, 27_

The Downy differs from the Hairy Woodpecker in
color by having the outer tail-feathers with black
bars, but it is the bird's obviously smaller size
that will serve to distinguish it. L. 6-3/4.

_Range._ From Virginia northward into Canada. A
Permanent Resident. The Southern Downy Woodpecker
(_D. p. pubescens_, Case 3, Fig. 25) is smaller,
darker below and with the white markings smaller.
L. 6. It inhabits the south Atlantic and Gulf
States north to North Carolina.

Washington, common P.R. Ossining, common P.R.
Cambridge, common P.R. N. Ohio, common P.R. Glen
Ellyn, common P.R. SE. Minn., common P.R.

Our commonest Woodpecker; an alert, active little driller for insects
and their eggs and larvae, and frequent visitor to our lunch-counters,
particularly if we supply them with suet. His sharp _peek, peek_,
running at times into a diminishing string of _peeks_, and his rolling
tatoo, as he pounds a limb with amazing rapidity, are prominent parts of
every-day bird language, the tatoo being a 'song' of the breeding
season.

Four to six white eggs are laid in a hole, usually in a dead tree, the
first week in May. The Southern Downy nests in April.

RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER

_Dryobates borealis_

Between the Downy and Hairy in size (L. 8-1/2)
with a general resemblance to both, but the male
with a small tuft of red feathers on each _side_
of the back of the head.

_Range._ Southeastern States north to North
Carolina.

An inhabitant of the pine woods, who utters a coarse _yank-yank_ note
and may at times be seen feeding from the terminal tufts of pine
'needles' in the higher branches. The nest is usually in a living pine;
the 2-5 white eggs are laid in April.

ARCTIC THREE-TOED WOODPECKER

_Picoides arcticus_

Two toes in front and one behind, a solid black
back and an orange-yellow crown in the male
distinguish this from all our