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Title: The birds of Ohio; a complete scientific and popular description of the 320 species of birds found in the state
Year: 1903 (1900s)
Authors: Dawson, William Leon, 1873- Jones, Lynds, b. 1865
Subjects: Birds
Publisher: Columbus, The Wheaton publishing co.

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d areas on forehead and nape. Iminature : Similar to adults, but duller colored;buff instead of red-tinged on belly. Length 9.00-10.00 (228.6-254.) ; av. of elevenColumbus specimens: wing 5.27 (133.9) ! tail 3.18 (80.8) ; bill 1.15 (29.2). Recognition Marks.—Robin size; bright red on head and neck above; lad-der back black and white; choiv-choiv cry. Nest, in holes in trees at considerable heights, unlined. £ggs, 4-6, pure white.Av. size, .99 X .73 (25.2 X 18.5). General Range.—Eastern and Southern United States, north casually toMassachusetts, New York, Ontario, southern Michigan, and central Iowa; west toeastern Nebraska, eastern Kansas, Indian Territory, and Texas. Range in Ohio.—Rather common resident; less common in northern part ofstate. Non-migratory. FOR the coincidence I shall not try to account, but it is a fact that when-ever the bird-man clears the snow from a log where the wood-choppers havebeen at work, and sits down after a long mornings work with the birds, to a
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BED-BELLIED WOODPECKER Melanerpes carolinus % Life-size THE NORTHERN FLICKER. 357 shivering midwinter lunch, the Red-belHed Woodpecker, till then silent, bestirshimself and begins to pout, c/ioic—clwzv-chozv: Careful attention discoversthe pouting hermit taking his brief nooning in the middle heights of a twinnedtree trunk, or else darkly silhouetted against the wintry sky. Here he hitchesand grumbles by turns, and is ready for bed again long before the diner-outhas brushed the crumbs from his chilly board. To me there is something uncanny about this ascetic bird, who whilesaway his winter hour in the seclusion of a narrow cell; and in spring, scarcelyless unsocial, retires to the least frequented depths of the forest to breed. Farfrom the haunts of men, and secure in the protection of abundant leafage, thebirds do unbend somewhat from that austere dignity, and probably have prettygay times among themselves. At this season they have a chirruping cry,which only the experts can distin

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