SOME NOTES ON NEBRASKA BIRDS. 107 



species with another, without losing sight of the fact that comparative 

 good is not necessarily positive good, it appears that of seven species 

 considered the Downy Woodpecker is the most beneficial." He then 

 goes on to give the food habits based on contents of the stomachs of our 

 most common species. "Judged by the results of the stomach exami- 

 nations of the Downy and Hairy Woodpecker and Flicker it would be 

 hard to find three other species of our common birds with fewer harm- 

 ful qualities." 



392. Campephilus principalis (im?i.).— Ivory-billed Wood- 



pecker. 



Reported as rare in vicinity of Peru (G. A. Coleman). 



393. Dryobates villosus (Linn.). — Hairy Woodpecker. 



West Point, Omaha, Lincoln, etc., breeding at West Point (L. Bruner); 

 " Resident, common " (Taylor); "Atlantic coast to near the base of the Rocky 

 mountains" (Goss); Beatrice, De Witt (A. S. Pearse); Omaha— breeding (L. 

 Skow); Peru— breeds (G. A. Coleman); Cherry county— breeds (?) (J. M. 

 Bates); Gage county (F. A. Colby); "a not uncommon resident — breeds (I. S. 

 Trostler). 



393a. Dryobates villosus leucomelas (Bodd.).— Northern 

 Hairy Woodpecker. 



Omaha (L. Skow) ; Omaha, " a rather rare winter visitor " (I. S. Trostler). 



393c. Dryobates villosus harrisii (^wd).— Harris's Wood- 

 pecker. 



West Point (L. Bruner); "Abundant in the woody portions" (Aughey); 

 "Given by Baird as taken in Nebraska" (Taylor); Sioux county, Dec, 

 1895 (L. Bruner, D. A. Haggard); northeastern Nebraska, common, breeds- 

 (Dr. Agersborg); Sioux county, Feb. 20,25,1896 (W. D. Hunter, L. Skow). 



394. Dryobates pubescens (Linn.).— Downy Woodpecker. 



West Point, Dakota City, Blair, Omaha, Lincoln, etc.— breeds (L. Bruner) ^ 

 "frequently seen among the timber of river bottoms " (Aughey) ; " Common 

 during spring, summer, and fall, probably a constant resident" (Taylor); 

 "Northern North America" (Goss); Beatrice, De Witt— breeding (A. S. 

 Pearse); Omaha— breeding (L. Skow); Peru, breeds -not common (G. A. Cole- 

 man) ; Gage county (F. A. Colby) ; "a common resident in vicinity of Omaha" 

 (L S. Trostler). 



394a. Dryobates pubescens gairdnerii (ylMf/.).— Gairdner's 

 Woodpecker. 



Omaha (L. Skow); Sioux county, Feb. 19, 1396 (L. Bruner). 

 This may possibly be the form 3946, described by Batchelder in Auk, VI, 

 253. I do not happen to have access to this paper. 



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