Part 18

Weevils, not the object in storing nuts, 52.

Woodpecker, Alaskan three-toed, 121. alpine three-toed, 121. American three-toed, 121. ant-eating, 123. arctic three-toed, 120. Arizona, 120. Batchelder's, 118. black-breasted, 6. See, also, Williamson's sapsucker. Cabanis's, 118. Californian, 46-54, 56, 66. downy, 6, 17, 21, 28-33, 59, 63, 70, 74, 83, 86, 88, 95, 107, 114, 118. Gairdner's, 118. Gila, 55, 125. golden-fronted, 55, 102, 125. hairy, 6, 9, 28, 32, 59, 63, 74, 83, 86, 88, 89, 95, 97-99, 107, 114, 117. Harris's, 118. ivory-billed, 70, 71, 73, 83, 88, 89, 93, 97, 98, 107, 117. ladder-backed, 119. Lewis's, 6, 13, 55, 59, 66, 103, 124. narrow-fronted, 124. Nelson's downy, 119. northern hairy, 118. northern pileated, 123. Nuttall's, 119. pileated, 6, 71, 73, 83, 88, 93, 95, 98, 99, 107, 123. red-bellied, 6, 55, 65, 124. red-cockaded, 119. red-headed, 6, 7, 11, 55-58, 60-64, 105, 123. Rocky Mountain, 118. St. Lucas, 119. southern downy, 118. southern hairy, 118. Texan, 119. three-toed, foot figured, 80. white-headed, 120.

Woodpeckers, advantages of, as subject for study, 2. bill as a tool, 69-73. carpenters or miners, 68. character of, 7, 8. coloration of, 5. coloration of sexes, 6. covered nostrils, 74, 75. favorite haunts, 3, 7. foot, structure and uses, 77. habit of drumming, 17. how to recognize the woodpeckers, 4. inferences from study of bills, 75. hunting borers, 10, 11. nesting, 21, 22. preferred foods, 3, 7. tail, study of, 86-99. winter quarters, 22. wooing, 15.

Yoke-toed feet, 82.

Zebra bird. See Woodpecker, red-bellied.

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