278 STATE AGRICULTURAL COLLEGE BULLETINS. 



•'not seen in Monroe Co. since 1887, though once common'" (Jerome Trombley); 

 "occasionally seen in pine woods west of Port Sanilac" (W. A. Oldfield); "'rare 

 in Kent Co." (S. E. White); " Grand Traverse Co." (M. L. Leach); " rare in the 

 high maple woods at Mackinac Island but said to be common in winter" (S. 

 E. White); " quite common at Palmer. Marquette Co. where it is eaten and 

 relished by the miners who call it the ' woodcock ' " (O. R. Warren); " Keweenaw 

 Point" (Kneeland); "not uncommon at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); ''Upper 

 Peninsula where it probably breeds" (A. H. Boies); still common north, especially 

 in the Northern Peninsula; -'becoming extinct at Bay City" (N. A. Eddy); con- 

 fined to thick forests; our largest Woodpecker; breeds; ''L. E. Reed found a 

 nest with eggs in May, in Van Buren Co." (Dr. M. Gibbs); eggs three to six; 

 noise from pecking heard for long distances. Until within a few years this bird 

 was common in the forests about the college where I have taken several. 



Genus MELANERPES Swain. 



185-406-(-i:53). Melauerpes erythrocephalus (Linn.). * Red-headed Woodpecker. 



Exceedingly abundant; summer resident; April, rarely March, to Septem.ber; 

 occasional in winter; " often found apparently lifeless in winter, but recovers with 

 •warmth" (Dr. W. C. Brownell); throughout the state; "very abundant and a 

 great cherry eater at St. Joseph, Berrien Co. abundant in summer and common 

 in winter at Albion, but not at Palmer, Marquette Co." (O. B. Warren); ''rare 

 though occasionally a common migrant at Mackinac Island " (S. E. White) 

 "common at Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland) 

 breeds abundantly; nests as usual, often in telegraph poles; eggs five to six 

 often destroys much fruit, especially cherries; eats grain, especially corn, yet is 

 our friend. Forbes found (Michigan Hort. Soc. Report, 1881, p. 204) that thirty- 

 two per cent of the food of these birds, which he examined, consisted of canker 

 worms. " Bred in parks at Bay City before advent of English Sparrow " (N. A. 

 Eddy). " I have seen this bird destroy the eggs of the Bluebird and Phcebe " 

 (S. E. White). 



186— 409-(-l:oO). Melauerpes earoliniis {Linn.). * Red-bellied Woodpecker. 



Common, though rare, except in wooded tields; Southern Penmsula; found at 

 all seasons; common from May to August; " occasionally seen in spring migra- 

 tions at Albion and St. Joseph " (O. B. Warren); " quite common and breeds at 

 Port Sanilac" (W. A, Oldfield); ''very rare at Niles, Berrien Co." (Paul Van 

 Riper); breeds; nests in May in holes often twenty inches deep, usually in rotten 

 wood; eggs four to six, glossy white. 



Gknus COLAPTES Swain. 



187-412-(4.'j7). Colaptes auratus (Linn.). *High Holder; Flicker; Yellow 

 Hammer; Golden-winsed Woodpecker. 



Formerly very abundant on the college campus, now less common; throughout the 

 state; April to September; occasional at all seasons; reported from Benzie and 

 Presque Isle Counties and Thunder Bay; " abundant migrant at Albion wnd 

 St. Joseph, and very abundant at Palmei", Marquette Co. the most common 

 Woodpecker "' (O. B. Warren); "very common in Grand Traverse Co." (M. L. 



