1856.] 293 



Genus EMBERIZA (?) 

 Emberiza nivalis, Aud. White Snow Bunting. 

 I have seen these birds on three or four occasions during severe winters. 



Genus CONURUS, Kuhl. 

 CoNURUS CAROLiNENSis, Linn. The Paroquet. 



This bird was formerly very numerous along White Water river. Several 

 years have elapsed since any of them have been seen. 



Genus PICUS, Linn, 



Pious qderulus, Wils. The Checkered Woodpecker. 

 This Woodpecker is quite numerous and a constant resident. Like the Red- 

 headed Woodpecker, they lay up in the fall a supply of acorns and' beech nuts 

 for winter use. They hull the acorns, split them in two, and firmly drive them 

 edgewise into the cracks of old dry trees. 



Picus BRYTHROCEPHAiiUS. Red-hcadcd Woodpecker. 



This is a numerous and wide spread species. In seasons when oak and beech 

 mast is plenty, they lay up a sufficient quantity to keep them during the winter. 

 But when this supply fails, they uniformly migrate to the south and remain 

 until the weather becomes warm the following spring. 



Picus pileatus, Linn. Called by the people Woodpecker. 

 Once very numerous, but are now rarely seen. 



Picus pubesoens, Linn. Downy Woodpecker. 

 Very abundant and a constant resident. 



Picus villosus, Linn. Hairy Woodpecker. 

 About equal in numbers to the preceding, and very similar in all its habits. 



Picus auratus. Yellow Hammer. 

 This is probably the most numerous with us of all the woodpeckers. 



Picus .The " Sap Sucker." 



This is a shy bird, and but rarely seen. I am inclined to believe it less numer- 

 ous than any other species. Were we to judge of its numbers by the number 

 of holes it bores in the apple-tree, sugar maple, hickory, &c., for the purpose of 

 collecting the sap, we might conclude that it was very numerous. 



Genus COCCYZUS, Vieill. 

 CoccYZus Americanus, Linn. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 

 We rarely see this bird, yet they are rather numerous. Their uncouth notes 

 may be heard in the recesses of the forest at almost any time during the sum- 

 mer, day or night probably oftener in the night than day. 



Genus ECTOPISTES, Swain. 

 EcTOPiSTES MiGRATORius, Liuu. Wild Pigeon, 

 Still occasionally seen in large numbers, though they have evidently been 

 constantly diminishing in numbers for the last thirty years, and are probably 

 not more than half so numerous as they were thirty years ago. In the month 

 of January and February, 1854, these birds roosted about two miles from this 

 town, (Brookville,) notwithstanding the country is thickly inhabited. No one 

 who did not see them, or who has not seen a " pigeon roost," can form any pro- 

 per conception of their numbers. 



EcTOPiSTES Carolinensis, Linn. Turtle Dove. 



The Turtle Dove is very numerous here, and a permanent resident. The winter 

 of 1855, '56 was so severe that a great many of them perished. 



