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“Pileated Woodpecker,” Manual of the Ornithology of the United States and Canada (1832)

from Part One - 1800–1846 Naturals and Naturalists

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

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Char. General color greenish black; side stripe of white from the bill down the sides of the neck; chin, throat, and part of wings white or pale yellow. Male with scarlet crown, crest, and cheek patch. Females with crest partly black and no scarlet on cheek. Length about 18 inches.

Nest. In a deep forest or the seclusion of a swampy grove; excavated in high trees, and lined only with fine chips.

Eggs. 4–6; snow white and glossy; 1.25 × 1.00.

This large and common Woodpecker, considerably resembling the preceding species, is not unfrequent in well-timbered forests from Mexico and Oregon to the remote regions of Canada, as far as the 63d degree of north latitude; and in all the intermediate region he resides, breeds, and passes most of the year, retiring in a desultory manner only into the Southern States for a few months in the most inclement season from the North and West. In Pennsylvania, however, he is seen as a resident more or less throughout the whole year; and Mr. Hutchins met with him in the interior of Hudson Bay, near Albany River in the month of January. It is, however, sufficiently singular, and shows perhaps the wild timidity of this northern chief of his tribe, that though an inhabitant towards the savage and desolate sources of the Mississippi, he is unknown at this time in all the maritime parts of the populous and long-settled State of Massachusetts.

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Publisher: Anthem Press
Print publication year: 2012

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