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1R77. Lylk, D. A. Notes on the Breediug babits of the Gohleu-wiiigod Woodpecker 

 [Colaptes auratus]. <^ Am. Xat., xi, No. 12, Dec., 1877, pp. 747-750. 



"Very closi* observation. Xole by E. Cones, on the molest.ition of tins larire bii d by En'^lish 

 Sparrows (Passer domesticus). 



1877. [Scott, W. PL D. ] Mioratioii of Woodpeckers [Picida-]. <^ The Coiniiri/, i.Nov. 



10, I877,p. :n 



1878. Aldrich, C. Eed-headcd Woodiieckcr [Melanerpes erytbrocepbalus] eatiug 



Grasshopper.s. < Ball. Xiitt. Oniith. Club, iii, No. 4, Oct., 1878, p. 189. 

 Communicated by E. C[ouesl. The birds caught Caloptenus spretug on open i)rairie. half 



a mile from timber. 

 1878. Anon. [Death of a woodpecker by tixiiig its bill in a piece of wood.] <^ The 



Country, i, March 9, 1878, p. 2(il. 

 1878. Bailey, H. B. Some New Traits for the Red-hcadcd Woodpecker [Melanerpea 



erj'throeephabis). < Bull. Xnft Oniifh. Chih. iii. No. 2, Apr., 1878, p. 97. 

 Their stoiing grasshoppers in cracks of wood. 

 1878, B[rewer],T. M. Picoides Arcticns. <^Fore.'<t and Stream, xi, Oct. ;U. 1^78, p. 



259. See p. 300. 

 Correcting misstatement on p. 239. 

 1878. "I.N." Fly-eatchiug woodpeckers. <^ The Country, i. Feb. 9, 1878, p. 213. 

 1878. Merriam, C. H. Nesting of the Banded Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides ameri- 



camis) in N<irthern New York. < Bull. Xutt. Ornith. Club, iii. No. 4, Oct., 1878, 



p. 200. 



1878. "Will." The Woodpecker [Melanerpes erythrocephalus] as a Flycatcher. 



<; Forest and Stream, ix, Jau. 17, 1878, p. 451. 



1879. Aldrich, C. Habits of the Red-headed Woodpecker [Melanerpes erythrocepha- 



1ns]. <:^Am. Xat., xiii, No. 8, Aug., 1879, p. 522. 

 With special reference to the grasshopper-eating proclivities of the bird. 

 1879. Calvix, S. On Changes of Habit among Woodpeckers [Picida^]. <[ The Odlo- 

 giat, iv, No. 11, June, 1879, pp. 91, 92. 

 From Am. Kat. xi, No. 8, p. 471. 

 1879. HOYT, B. F. Nesting under Difficulties [in the ease of Colaptes auratus]. 

 <^ Science Xew-s, i. No. 17, July 1, 1879, p. 272. 



Interesting note of the finding of "'six young flickers (Colaptes avrutus) in a hole wliich their 

 parents had dug Ln the hard dry earth of a perpendicular river bank. This hole was about 

 six inches deep .and contained no gra.s3 or lining of any kind.'' 

 1879. LiNDAHL, J. Some New Points in the Construction of the Tongues of Wood- 

 peckers [Picid.Tp]. <^ Am. Xat., xiii. No. 1, Jan., 1879. pp. 43. 44. fig. 



In Gecinus oiridis tlie cornua of the liyoid bone extend far into the nasal cavity of the upper 

 mandible. Asymmetry of tlie hyoid cornua in other species (but this is well known). 

 1879. Maynard, C. J. The Food of Woodpeckers [Picid:e]. <i Scientific Farmer (Bos- 

 ton), iy. No. 4, Apr., 1879, pp. 50, 51, 2 cuts. 



The figures illustrate l)arlv bored by Melanerpes formicivorns to insert acorns, and the stom- 

 ach of Colaptes auratus. 

 1879. Ragsdai.e, G. H. Lewis Woodpecker [Asyndesmus torquatns] in Middle Texas. 



< Temperance Vedette (Terrell, Tex. ), Aug. 2, 1879. 

 1879. Ragsdale. G. H. Ceuturus aiuifrons. <^ Science Xews, i, No. 20, Aug. 15. 1679, 

 p. 320. 

 On its local distribution in Texas. 

 1879. Rag.sd.\le, G. H. Centiu-us aurifrons. <^ Temperance Vedette (newspaper of Ter- 

 rell , Texas), Sept. 13, 1879. 

 From Science News. On the local distribution of the species in Texas. 

 1879. Ragsdale, G. H. Lewis' Woodpecker [Asyndesmus torquatns] in Middle Texas. 



<^ Science Xews, i, No. 13, May 1, 1879, p. 208. 

 1879. Smith, Q. C. Woodpeckers and Road-runners [Geococcyx californianus]. 



<^' Temperance Fede^e (newspaper of Terrell, Texas), Nov. 1, 1879. 

 1879. WiXTLE, E. D. Pileated Woodpecker [Hylotomus pileatus] in Canada. <^For- 

 est and Stream, xiii, Jan. 1, 1879, p. 940. 



