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in long curves. 
I think that he will winter here in a hole that I know of near his haunts I have heard him at a distance a good many times. He backed down a tree for some distance He came quite close to me today. Though he is generally very wild. 
Next I saw a female Downy woodpecker It was a counterpart exactly in every respect but size of 

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the larger Hairy Woodpecker. The underparts are white. middle of back white. wings black spotted and barred with black. band around the crown white. Top of head black. and a stripe on the side black. The nape is red in the male bird. tail black. outer tail feathers white [[underlined]] not barred with black [[/underlined]]. It went on the ground and hunted for insects and