Here he remains, with motionless body, and feasts upon the choicest species from the host of insects within easy reach. * * * In making each girdle they work around the trunk, and from below upwards, but they may begin a new girdle below an old one. They... Dansk forstzoologi - Page 148by Johan Erik Vesti Boas - 1924 - 761 pagesFull view - About this book
| 1893 - 408 pages
...they work around the trunk, and from below upwards, but they may begin a new girdle below an old one. They make but few holes each day, and after completing...suck it in with evident relish— a habit which has doubtless given rise to the more appropriate than elegant term Sapsucker, by which they are commonly... | |
| Foster Ellenborough Lascelles Beal, Frederic Augustus Lucas - 1895 - 44 pages
...they work around the trunk, and from below upwards, but they may begin a new girdle below an old one. They make but few holes each day, and after completing...suck it in with evident relish — a habit which has doubtless given rise to the more appropriate than elegant term Sapsueker, by which they are commonly... | |
| 1895 - 656 pages
...one. They make but few holes each day. and after completing two or three remain over the spot fi:r some little time, and as the clear fresh sap exudes...their bill against the dependent drop and suck it iu with evident relish — a habit which has doubtless given rise to the more appropriate than elegant... | |
| Indian Museum - 1900 - 366 pages
...they work around the trunk, and from below upwards, butt hey may begin a new girdle below an old one. They make but few holes each day, and after completing...suck it in with evident relish — a habit which has doubtless given rise to the more appropriate than elegant term Sapsucker, by which they are commonly... | |
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