AVES. IIU 



PR'I. 



PICIDAE. 



I'icu.s lilr.tutii.-< \'ii-ill. Auilul»(»ii, Binls nf Aiiicr., 1S12. vol. 4, 

 p. i?(l.s. 1)1. 2m. Ki^, Cu\H'n, ISSC), |)1. 14, fi^. 12. 



FvrrpnTii fon'.sts; ncst.s in holes oxrnvatcd in dead trt'cs. 



Mk. — liar*' winter visitor, and in north and west, a ran- R'.sidi-nt. 

 EgK-s, .lum- 2. 



X. H. — Ran- n-sidrnt ahow MM) ft., south to Saiulwidi range; 

 olscwhcri' ran' winter visitor. Eggs, .Inne 4. 



Vt. — Ran* winter visitor and local roidcnt (i'ico I'tak above 

 2m) ft.). 



M.\.s.s. — Rim- winter visitor. .Vpril 28. 



22r». SpHVKAi'K I s VAUius (Linn6) Baird. 



Yellow-bellied sapsucker; Red-throated sapsucker; Squealing 

 or Whining woodpecker. 



Piciht varim Linn^, Sy.st. nat., ed. 12, ITiW), vol. 1, ]>. 17(1. *'i\ 

 Amkkka ski»tenthi()\ali." DeKay. Zool. New \ ork, 1S44, 

 vol. 2, p. INK, pi. IS. fig. :iS; Bonaparte, Ainer. ornith.. 1S25, vol. 

 1, pi. S. figs. 1, 2. EfT^, Capen, IS.Sti, pi. 14, Hg. V.l 



\Vo(m1s, orchards, and shade tR'es; nests in holes excavated in 

 dead trees. 



Mk. — (oniinon migrant and in northern coinitie.s a coninion 

 sunnner resident. (Mar. S and HI) .\prii 10 — Oct. 2(i (Nov. 1')). 

 Eggs. May l.S-.Iune 8. 



N. H. — Common migrant and in nortlurn half a common sum- 

 mer H'sident nj) to iiOtM) ft.; accidental winter Rsideiit (Charle.s- 

 town, lS<)8-<n)). April 14-()ct. 20 (winter). 



Vt. — Common migrant, le.ss common summir resident. 



Ma.s.s. — Uncommon migrant and accidental winter resident ; in 

 Berkshiri' Co. a ran- summer resident. \]m\ 4-May 10; summer; 

 Sept. 10-Xov. 1 (winter). 



R. I.— Uneonunon migrant. (Mar. 2:i)-A|)ril; Sejjt. 2(M)cf. 11. 



Conn. — Rare s|)ring and mu-ommon fall migrant. Mar. 30- 

 May 3; Sept. 2S-(Vt. (Dee. 21. 190S, New Haven). 



