March 15, 2002

Tantalizing Traces of Ivory-Bills

By MALCOLM G. SCULLY

"The large size and striking color pattern, the mystery of its habitat, and the tragedy of its possible extinction combine to make the ivory-billed woodpecker one of peculiar interest to all Americans who have any pride in the natural resources of their country."

More than 60 years after Arthur A. Allen wrote those words in a contribution to Arthur Cleveland Bent's Life Histories of North American Woodpeckers, the interest has reached a fever pitch. It has been fueled by a reported

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