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91. *Dryobates borealis ( Vieill. ). Red-cockaded Woodpecker. 



This bird was found breeding on the Cumberland plateau at 

 Allardt and on the route from Allardt to Rugby Road in Morgan 

 and Scott Counties. I did not see it elsewhere. Two specimens 

 were secured. At Allardt the nests were excavated at a height 

 of thirty or forty feet in living pine trees. The young were nearly 

 fledged at that date, June 8th. Fox calls it a rare bird at Rock- 

 wood, in spring, where he took a specimen April 22nd. 



Genus SPHYRAPICTJS Baird. 



92. Sphyrapicus varius (L. ). Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 



A pair were seen along Doe River, Roan Mountain, at an eleva- 

 tion of about 4,000 feet. They acted as if they had a nest near by. 



Fox records them as "not very common" in spring in Roan 



County. These were probably migrants. It is doubtful if any 



breed in the Cumberland Mountains of Tennessee. Langdon did 



not find them. 



Genus CEOPHL(EUS Cabani*. 



93. Ceophloeus pileatus (L. ). Pileated Woodpecker. 



Seen or heard at Samburg, Raleigh, Bellevue, Harriman, Al- 

 lardt and Greeneville. Reported by both Fox and Langdon. It 

 is found on Roan Mountain. Little Tennessee Valley; Merriam. 



Genus MELANERPES Swainson. 



94. Melanerpes erythroeephalus (L. ). Red-headed Woodpecker. 



Very abundant in west and middle Tennessee, but rare at higher 

 altitudes in the east. I recorded it at Samburg, Raleigh, Bellevue, 

 Chattanooga, Harriman and Allardt. Fox records one spring 

 example; Langdon says it is "common about clearings in the foot- 

 hills" of the Chilhowee Mountains, but not found above 1,500 feet. 

 Abundant at Athens, Merriam. 



95. *Melanerpes carolinus (L.). Red-bellied Woodpecker. 



Very abundant at Samburg and Raleigh. Several seen at 

 Bellevue, Chattanooga, Sawyer's Springs and Harriman. Fox says 

 it was "rather common" in April, 1885, at Rockwood. 



Genus COLAPTES Swainson. 

 95. Colaptes auratus ( L. ). Flicker. 



Nowhere did I find this bird as abundant as in the Middle 

 States, but it was seen in all localities, from river bottom to moun- 

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