Downy woodpecker (female)

WOODPECKERS-ORDER XV.-PICI.

Family Picidae.

Woodpeckers have sharp, chisel-like bills sharp pointed and stiff tail feathers, feet with two toes forward and two back, except in one genus. Their food is insects and grubs, which they get from boring in trees, clinging to the sides of the trunks with their strong curved nails, aided by the tail for a prop. 

98-(394) DOWNY WOODPECKER-Dryobates pubescens pubescens

(Female)-The smallest of the North American Woodpeckers, length six inches. A common resident, breeding throughout the province; a very useful bird in woodlot, orchard and garden. They nest in holes in trees. Three to six glossy white eggs are laid upon the bottom of the cavity.

Size .75 x .60. Made Feb. 7, 1843.