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Life histories of North American woodpeckers

Arthur Cleveland Bent

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From the great ivory-billed woodpecker to the familiar hairy, Arthur Cleveland Bent chronicles every North American member of the drumming tribe. He gathers their nesting, feeding, and ranges into the definitive life histories, species by species. Thorough, affectionate, and endlessly useful. Listen for the hammering and learn who makes it.

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137 chapters

  1. 1LIFE HISTORIES OF NORTH AMERICAN BIRDS Arthur Cleveland Bent
  2. 2LIFE HISTORIES OF NORTH AMERICAN WOODPECKERS
  3. 3ADVERTISEMENT
  4. 4CONTENTS
  5. 5INTRODUCTION
  6. 6IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER
  7. 7DRYOBATES VILLOSUS VILLOSUS (Linnaeus)
  8. 8EASTERN HAIRY WOODPECKER
  9. 9DRYOBATES VILLOSUS SEPTENTRIONALIS (Nuttall)
  10. 10NORTHERN HAIRY WOODPECKER
  11. 11DRYOBATES VILLOSUS AUDUBONI (Swainson)
  12. 12SOUTHERN HAIRY WOODPECKER
  13. 13DRYOBATES VILLOSUS HARRISI (Audubon)
  14. 14HARRIS’S WOODPECKER
  15. 15DRYOBATES VILLOSUS HYLOSCOPUS Cabanis and Heine
  16. 16CABANIS’S WOODPECKER
  17. 17DRYOBATES VILLOSUS MONTICOLA Anthony
  18. 18ROCKY MOUNTAIN HAIRY WOODPECKER

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