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4. Sphyrapicus varius nuchalis Baird. — Red-naped Sap- 

 SUCKER. Two adult males, March 11 and March 29; one adult 

 female, March 17. One of the male specimens has the red on 

 the throat extending much farther over the black of the upper 

 breast than the other, while in the female the chin is white 

 and the throat only is red. First seen March 11, when one was 

 taken near Supai. The stomach was empty, and as it was 

 about nine A. M I think the bird had just come. Later they 

 became fairly common. The female, shot near Rollins Lake 

 March 17, had tapped a pine tree near an old ax-cut, and the 

 stomach was filled with ants. The birds gave the weak Keh-a 

 note of the eastern variety, but had not become very noisy 

 yet at the time of my departure. 



5. Sijphyrapicus thyrokleus (Cass.) — Williamson Sap- 

 sucker. One adult male, taken March 8. Only one of these 

 birds was seen. It flew into a pine and kept so well concealed 

 that it was some time before I could get sight of it. 



6. Melanerpes formicivorus ( Swains ) . — Ant-eating 

 Woodpecker. Three adult males, March 8, 19 and 25. A 

 number of these birds were seen in rather open woods on the 

 side of Bill Williams Mountain. They invariably perched on 

 the tops of the tallest dead trees, and flew high in the air from 

 one point to another, quite a different habit from what I had 

 observed in the California variety. Beside the usual ja-cob I 

 heard them give a rattling note similar to that of Melanerpes 

 erythrocephaloiis. The plumage in the birds taken is very 

 soft and thick, and I am of the opinion from this that they 

 had spent the winter here. 



7. Melanerpes torquatus ( Wils. ) — Lewis Woodpecker. 

 One adult male, March 25 ; two adult females, March 13. The 

 male has red on the anterior portion of the head more exten- 

 sively, but otherwise resembles the females. These birds were 

 rather common in sheltered localities around Crater Mountain. 

 I found them in pairs sitting out of the wind on the dead tree- 

 tops. They were wary and hard to secure. The flight was 

 direct and flapping, like that of a jay, entirely different from 

 the free, bounding flight of most of the woodpeckers, while 

 their long black wings gave them a crow-like appearance. I 

 have never heard them make a noise of any kind except once, 

 when one that I had winged gave a harsh screaming note. 



8. Otocoris alpestris leucolsema (Coues). — Pallid Horned 



