Show woodpeckers beak will drill hole in any wood the beak of the woodpecker is one of the cleverest tools possessed by any bird with it the worker can m make ake a hole through the hard hardest est wood it will drill usually select for its nest a tree that is hollow or rotten inside but tt it will cut a neat round hole through the hardest exterior several inches in depth then when it comes to the softer interior hiter lor it it scrapes out a neat chamber writes oliver G pike F Z S in london tit bits magazine the hula aird bird of new zea zealand la nd Is remarkable for the fact chitin that in the rna male leand and female the beaks are of an entirely different shape the birds are very fond of a beetle lound found hidden in the bark of trees and the female with her long upturned biu bill is able to thrust it into the crevices but there are some she cannot get at and it is here that the stout beak of the male comes into play she shows him where the hidden food is he tears away the bark and no doubt thinks that after so much trouble he is entitled to the meal tor for he does not hesitate and snaps it up before she has a chance to get at it the merganser and a few allied species have teeth or ridges along the edges of their bills they dive tor for their food and the teeth are very effective for holding slippery fish the duck and the fla flamingo feed on minute vegetable and animal organisms which are filtered from large quantities of wa ter which they pass through their strangely shaped beaks |