AVES. 121 



PICI. 



riCIDAE. 



Mass. — Rare irn-pjular visitor at all seasons, somctinu-s IjrtH'diiij; 

 (Apjawain, Hrookliiu", Newton). K^ps, May-June 17. 



R. I. — Irrejjiilar visitor, sonietiines coiniiion in fall; ran- sinn- 

 uier resident (Providence Co.; Warwick, youn;,' in nest, July 2S, 

 1S<S2). Eggs, May 2S. 



Conn. — Rare suninier resident and iingular visitor at all sea- 

 sons; formerly mon* common. 



229. CENTfRts rvHoi.iNfs (T^innd) Bonaparte. 

 Red-bellied woodpecker. 



Picas carolinus Linn^, Sy.st. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, |). 113. 

 "in Amehic.v SEr»TE.NTKioNAi,i." IX' Kay, 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-Xov. 

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

 CoxN. — Accidental visitor: Hartford; Stratford, Oct. 16, 1842. 

 Suffield, July .30, 1874. 



230. CoLAPTE.S ALUATLS LUTELS BailgS. 



Northern flicker; Anteal^r; Clape; Golden-winged woodpecker; 

 Grasshopper woodpecker i\t.); Harry wicket; High-hole; 

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

 hammer; Yellow-wing ^^Ma.^.^.j; Yucker. 



Bangs, Auk, 1S98, vol. 15, p. 177. "Watektow.v, Ma.ss." 

 Colaptr.t aiiratu.t (Liini^). Chapman, Bird-lifi-, 1S9S, p. 11(», 



pi. 20. Egg, Ca|)en, issij, p|. 14. hg. 15. 



()|K-n woods, orchards, fields, clearings; nests in holes excavated 



in dead trees, or in cavities. 



1 ueau trees, or m cavuies. 



Me. — Connncjii summer, and near coast, a rare winter resic 

 lar. 11-Xov. 13 (winter). Eggs, May 27-June 14. 



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