The Ivory-Billed Woodpecker

Long thought extinct, the elusive Ivory-billed Woodpecker is now in the news because of its rediscovery in a remote region of Arkansas. This book is a fascinating and comprehensive study of the remarkable bird. It was originally published by the National Audubon Society in 1942 when the Ivory-bill's survival was in danger and only few of the species could still be found in the southern United States. It opens with a general description (explaining how to distinguish the Ivory-bill from its more commonly encountered cousin, the Pileated Woodpecker) and offers an extensive profile of the species' other characteristics and habits, including its original distribution patterns; the history of its disappearance; and its feeding, nesting, and breeding habits. 20 halftones. 17 tables. 22 other illustrations.

FOREWORD
PREFACE
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
INTRODUCTION
PART I. THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER
  CHAPTER
  1 GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER
PART II. DISTRIBUTION AND HABITAT
  2 ORIGINAL DISTRIBUTION
  3 HABITATS OF THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER
  4 HISTORY OF THE DISAPPEARANCE OF THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER
  5 PRESENT DISTRIBUTION AND NUMBERS OF THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER
PART III. ECOLOGY OF THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER
  6 POPULATION DENSITY AND INDIVIDUAL RANGE
  7 HISTORY OF THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER POPULATION IN THE SINGER TRACT
  8 FOOD AND FEEDING HABITS
  9 THE EFFECT OF QUANTITY OF FOOD ON THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER
  10 OTHER FACTORS AFFECTING THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER
  11 GENERAL HABITS AND BEHAVIOR
PART IV. REPRODUCTIVE AND NESTING HABITS
  12 TERRITORY AND COURTSHIP
  13 NEST BUILDING AND THE NEST
  14 EGGS AND INCUBATION
  15 CARE OF YOUNG
  16 NESTING SUCCESS AND CAUSES OF NESTING FAILURE
  17 SUMMARY OF THE REPRODUCTIVE HABITS OF THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER
PART V. CONSERVATION OF THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER
  18 REQUIREMENTS AND GENERAL POLICY OF A CONSERVATION PROGRAM
  19 PRINCIPAL IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER LOCALITIES
  20 SPECIFIC MEASURES FOR THE CONSERVATION OF THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER
"PART VI. SUMMARY OF THE ECOLOGY, LIFE HISTORY AND CONSERVATION OF THE IVORY-BILLED WOODPECKER"
APPENDIX
A NOMENCLATURE
B TAXONOMY AND RELATED SPECIES
C PLUMAGES AND ANATOMY
D MEASUREMENTS
E SCIENTIFIC NAMES OF TREE SPECIES MENTIONED IN TEXT
REFERENCES CITED
INDEX