AVES. 121 



PICI. 



PICIDAE. 



Mass. — Rare irregular visitor at all seasons, sometimes breeding 

 (Agawam, Brookline, Newton). Eggs, May- June 17. 



R. I. — Irregular visitor, sometimes common in fall; rare sum- 

 mer resident (Providence Co.; Warwick, young in nest, July 28, 

 1882). Eggs, May 28. 



Conn. — Rare summer resident and irregular visitor at all sea- 

 sons; formerly more common. 



229. Centurus carolinus (Linne) Bonaparte. 

 Red-bellied woodpecker. 



Picus carolinus Linn£, Syst. nat., ed. 10, 1758, vol. 1, p. 113. 

 "in America septentrionali." DeKay, 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— Nov. 

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

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

 Suffield, July 30, 1874. 



230. Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs. 



Northern flicker; Anteater; Clape; Golden-winged woodpecker; 

 Grasshopper woodpecker (Vt.); Harry wicket; High-hole; 

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

 hammer; Yellow-wing (Mass.); Yucker. 



Bangs, Auk, 1898, vol. 15, p. 177. "Watertown, Mass." 

 Colaptes auratus (Linne). Chapman, Bird-life, 1898, p. 116, 



pi. 26. Egg. Capen, 1886, pi. 14, fig. 15. 



Open woods, orchards, fields, clearings; nests in holes excavated 



in dead trees, or in cavities. 



Me. — Common summer, and near coast, a rare winter resident. 

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



