Handbook of Birds of Eastern North America

The book that made American bird-watching possible in the field: keys, plumages, songs and habits for every species of the East, by the man who ran ornithology at the American Museum.

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Range (Southern United States)

Southern United States, westward to Indian Territory, and northward to Tennessee and Virginia. Nest, in the higher part of a pine tree. Eggs, four to six, 91 x 68. This species is a common inhabitant of the "piny woods." It prefers the higher branches of the trees, and frequently hangs head downward while feeding on a cone at the extremity of a branch. Its callnote suggests the yank, yank, of the White-bellied Nuthatch, but is louder, hoarser, and not so distinctly enunciated. 400. Picoides arcticus (Swains.). ARCTIC THREE-TOED WOOD-

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