WOODI’I‘X.‘KICKS. 231 sometimes is prolonged into a rattlingr call. Like, other “'oodpeckers, in the spring he heats a rolling.' tattoo on a resonant limb, sounding u. reveille whieh is a credit to so small a drummer.

The Downy is a soeiahle \\'tmdpeel(er. and when the gay summer visitors have returned to their southern homes and the wind whistles drearily through the leafless trees, he joins the t‘hiclmdees and Nut— hatches, and during the winter they are inseparable companions. l’er- liaps they share with him the snug quarters in some, old trunk which he has hollowed out for a winter home.

395. Dryobates borealis i [THY/A. Elfin-('tlt'Ki-Utlih \\'ooneErKEiz. All. 5 .—('ro\\'n hlaek. :1 small tuf/ or'm'ur/ttlrivrzt/u 2's on ( [Mr I' sir/e Qf't/ur back of [/10 lam]: hack harred with hlaelc and white; wines spotted with black and white: middle tail—feathers hlaelt. onterones with lu‘olteu hlaek liars; Iar region white. separated from the white throat hy a hlaek stripe running from the hill to the shoulder: sides and under tailseorerts spotted and streaked with blaek: rest of the under parts white. .14. §>.—.\'imilar7 hut without scarlet on the head. I... sat”: \\'.. 4m: T.. 3'10: 1%.. “U.

It’d/4y: .s-Sotuhern l'nited States. westward to Indian '1‘crritory.and north- ward to Tennessee and Virginia.

Jlst. in the higher part of a pine tree. Egg/s, four to six. '91 x ‘63.

This species is a common inhabitant cf the " piny woods." It pre- fers the higher branches of the trees, and frequently hangs head down- ward while feeding on a cone at the extremity of a hraneh. Its call- note suggests the yon/r. yon/r, of the White—hellied Nuthatch, but, is louder. hearser. and not so distinetly enunciated.

400. Picoides arcticus u.\'H'rIiI/~.\. .\i:e'rn' 'l'iini;i:»roi:n Worm— ‘r, 111M .tvl. ’. 'l‘oes three. No in from: middle of the erown with a l>t'l:llt orange»_\’eilo\\' pateli: rest of the upper parts xiii/ting Mai-1‘ ,1 \i'iltfl‘ii‘ailiel's spotted with white: middle tail-feathers lilaelc. outer

ones white. t'Xi'elIt at the base: a white line from the nostril passes below the

l'lil'KI-ilL t See l’i

eye: sides barred with Maek and white: rest ot‘ the under parts white. girl. 9.— Similar. hut without, orange-yellow on the erown. 1... 9'5“; We. 5'10; '11, 3'4”: i. from N.. '9‘.

[fang/1:7Northern North Ameriea. south to the northern I‘nited States.

Mist. within ten feet of the ground. Jig/gm. tour to six. 1'03 x "Ts.

“it is a restless. aetire hird. spending its time gene‘ally on the topmost branches of the tallest trees. without. however. confining: itself to pines. Although it can not he called shy. its hahitnal restlessness renders it difficult of approach. Its movements resemhle those of the Red-cockaded \Voodpw-ker. hut it is still more petulant than that bird. . . . lls eries also somewhat resemble those of the speeies above mentioned, hut. are louder and more shrill, like those of some small quadrnped sutTering gr'at pain. . . .

“ Its flight is 'apid. gliding. and deeply undulating. . . . Now and