482 PROCEEDINGS <>F THE ACADEMY OF [1895. 



Order COCCYGES. 

 Family CUCULIDJE. 

 Genus COCCYZUS Vieillot. 



85. Coocyzus americanus (L.). Yellow-hilled (Cuckoo. 



86. Coccyzus erythrophthalmus (Wils. ). Black-billed Cuckoo. 



Cuckoos were noted at all points visited, except the top of Roan 

 Mountain. From the character of their notes, (by which alone the 

 Black-billed species was identified) I judge there were five times as 

 many of the former as of the latter. It is probable, however, that the 

 Black-billed Cuckoo is much less noisy and hence less often observed. 

 Dr. Merriam records, "Coccyzus. Heard several times;" at Athens. 

 Fox and Langdon make no mention of either species. 



Family ALCEDLNTDJE. 

 Genus CERYLE Boie. 



87. Ceryle alcyon (L.). Belted Kingfisher. 



A common summer resident at all collecting stations except on 

 the tops of the higher mountains. Not seen at Allardt or Sawyer's 

 Springs, but going up the escarpment, they were noted nearly to 

 the plateau. Langdon found them in the coves of Little River. I 

 did not see any above 4,000 feet on Roan Mountain. 



Order PICI. 

 Family PICIDJE. 



Genus DRYOBATES Boie. 



88. Dryobates villosus ( L. ). Hairy Woodpecker. 



A common bird all across the State, from high mountain top to 

 the Mississippi bottoms. Typical villosus is undoubtedly the high 

 mountain form of the Great Smoky Range. It is so identified by 

 Mr. Ridgway from Langdon's Chilhowee specimens. 



89. Dryobates villosus auduboni (Swaius. ). Southern Hah-y Woodpecker. 



Mr. Ridgway identified Fox's Roane County specimens with this 

 form. 



It is likely that the Hairy Woodpeckers at Memphis and Sam- 

 hurg will be found to be more typical of it. 



90. Dryobates pubescens (L.). Downy Woodpecker. 



Equally abundant and with the same distribution over the entire 

 State as the preceding, except in the higher elevations, where it is 

 less numerous than villosus. 



