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Identifier: annualreport891901021newy (find matches)
Title: Annual report
Year: 1902 (1900s)
Authors: New York (State). Forest, Fish and Game Commission
Subjects: Forests and forestry Fisheries Game and game-birds
Publisher: (Albany, N.Y. : The Commission)
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
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these, trees are usually superabundant, and the few that are killed only givea better chance for those that remain. Another point, to which Dr. A. D. Hopkins has recently called attention, is thefact that the wounds made in the bark or cambium of trees by the beak of thisbird, while sometimes resulting in injury or death to the tree, at other timesleads to certain distortions of the grain in future growth which gives a variegatedappearance to the polished surface of the timber when used, and often verymuch enhances its beauty. As the wounds heal over the new layers of wood areeither elevated or depressed at the point where the wounds were made, and whenthe logs are cut into boards the appearance of what is called birds-eye isproduced, or if a radial cut is made we have the curl. These effects resemblevery closely the birds-eyes and curls which are produced naturally in maple andsome other woods, but are usually less in numbers in a given area. *The Auk, Vol. VIII, July, 1891, p. 11-9.
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BLACK-BACKED THREE-TOED WOODPECKER,Upper Figure Female Lower Figure Male BIRDS AS CONSERVATORS OF THE FOREST. 25 I The Great Pileated Woodpecker (Ceophlocus pileatus). This bird, variously known as the log cock, cock of the woods, or pileatedwoodpecker, is the largest of the family now found within the limits of theUnited States, with the single exception of the ivory-billecl woodpecker, which isvery rare. It is essentially a bird of the forests, and is only found where thereare rather extensive tracts of timber. It is a shy, retiring bird, difficult toapproach, and, where not abundant, is better known by its work than by sightof the bird itself. Its large size, loud voice, and habit of hammering upon deadtrees, render it conspicuous, however, at a considerable distance. Its strength iswonderful, and one unacquainted with it can scarcely credit a bird with suchpowers of destruction as is sometimes shown by a stump or dead trunk on whichit has operated for ants or boring larvae. I have

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