AVES. 121 



PICI. 



PICIDAE. 



Mass. Rare irregular visitor at all seasons, sometimes breeding 

 (Agawam, Brookline, Newton). Eggs, May- June 17. 



R. I. Irregular visitor, sometimes common in fall; rare sum- 

 mer resident (Providence Co.; Warwick, young in nest, July 28, 

 1882). Eggs, May 28. 



Conn. Rare summer resident and irregular visitor at all sea- 

 sons; formerly more common. 



229. Centurus carolinus (Linne) Bonaparte. 

 Red-bellied woodpecker. 



Picus carolinus Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 113. 

 "in America septentrionali." DeKay, Zool. New York, 1844, 

 vol. 2, p. 189, pi. 17, fig. 37. 



Wooded bottomlands; nests in holes excavated in dead trees. 



Mass. Accidental visitor (five records). May-Nov. 

 R. I. Accidental visitor: near Providence, two specimens. 

 Conn. Accidental visitor: Hartford; Stratford, Oct. 16, 1842. 

 Suffield, July 30, 1874. 



230. Colaptes atjratus luteus Bangs. 



Northern flicker; Anteater; Clape; Golden-winged woodpecker; 

 Grasshopper woodpecker (Vt.); Harry wicket; High-hole; 

 Pigeon woodpecker; Wake-up; Yaffle; Yellow jay; Yellow- 

 hammer; Yellow-wing (Mass.); Yucker. 



Bangs, Auk, 1898, vol. 15, p. 177. "Watertown, Mass." 

 Colaptes auratus (Linne). Chapman, Bird-life, 1898, p. 116, 



pi. 26. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 14, fig. 15. 



Open woods, orchards, fields, clearings; nests in holes excavated 



in dead trees, or in cavities. 



Me. Common summer, and hear coast, a rare winter resident. 

 Mar. 11-Nov. 13 (winter). Eggs, May 27- June 14. 



