120 FAUNA OF NEW ENGLAND. 



PICI. 



PICIDAE. 



227. Phloeotomus pileatus abieticola (Bangs )A. O..U. comin. 



Northern pileated woodpecker; Black woodpecker; Cock of 

 the woods; Laughing woodpecker; Logcock; Stump-breaker; 

 Woodchuck; Woodcock; Woodhen. 



Ceophloeus pileatus abieticola Bangs, Auk, 1898, vol. 15, p. 176. 

 "Greenville, Maine." 



Picus pileatus Linne. DeKay, Zool. New York, 1844, vol. 2, 

 pi. 18, fig. 35. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 14, fig. 6. 



Heavy timber; nests in holes excavated in dead trees. 



Me. — Uncommon resident in wilder portions. Eggs, May 11- 

 May 28. 



N. H. — Rare resident mainly in northern and western parts. 



Vt. — Rare resident, breeds south to Taftsville, Townshend, 

 Wells River. Eggs, May 22. 



Mass. — Rare resident in western counties; elsewhere casual. 

 Eggs, May 17. 



Conn. — Rare or now an accidental visitor (Gran by, Nov. 1, 

 1890, 1894-95; Litchfield, June 20, 1908). 



228. Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Linne) Swainson. 

 Red-headed woodpecker. 



Picus erythrocephalus Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 

 113. "America." Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, vol. 4, p. 

 274, pi. 271. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 14, fig. 14. 



Open woodlands and shade trees; nests in holes excavated in 

 dead trees. 



Me. — Occasional visitor, mainly in spring and fall; said to 

 have bred in York Co. 



N. H. — Rare and irregular visitor in southern half. May 25- 

 Sept. 



Vt. — Irregular visitor at all seasons, sometimes common ; resi- 

 dent and bred in western part about 1880 (Orwell, Rutland). 



