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Show woodpeckers That Look A bead. There is a species of the bird known as the woodpecker in the far west that has an unusual amount of reasoning faculty. fac-ulty. It is much tamer than the species of that bird found farther east and frequents fre-quents the towns rather than the woods. They make holes along the eaves of the dwellings, and in these holes they place acorns, not for the purpose of eating them, as the birds do not eat the acorns at all, but for the purpose of devouring the grubs that germinate in the acorn. This indicates a continuous train of thought, looking forward to the time of the creation of the worm and its desirability desira-bility as food. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. ' 1 |