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ern side of the Big Horn basin. One August while driving 

 up Meeteese creek they were almost constantly in sight and 

 in many bends of the creek I could count upwards of a dozen 

 perched on the very tops of the tall cottonwood trees. In this 

 localitv they were easily approachable and entirely different 

 from what they usually are when migrating or found as iso- 

 lated pairs. 



In 1856 Wood found these birds on Pole creek on Aug. 

 2nd ; Hayden captured 6 specimens at Laramie peak, Aug. 

 24, 1857; Drexel took a specimen west of Fort Laramie, 1858; 

 Grinnell reports them from Yellowstone park, 1875, and notes 

 "seen in considerable numbers along little timbered streams 

 running into the Yellowstone river." Grinnell also makes the 

 following comment on this species in Wyoming: "Abundant 

 in the mountains near Como" (Medicine Bow mountains,) 

 "and both adult and newly fledged young were secured." 

 Jesurun reports them common at Douglas ; Bond reports them 

 rather common at Cheyenne during migration. Coues re- 

 ports eight other specimens besides those taken by Hayden 

 from the following localities : Snake river, Wind River moun- 

 tains, Yellowstone river, Big Horn mountains, Wyoming gen- 

 eral. West has taken several birds at Buffalo. Cary has furn- 

 ished the following note concerning this woodpecker at New- 

 castle : "This fine woodpecker is partial to burnt timber on 

 the sides of canons. They are frequently seen to launch into 

 the air from a dead stub in such a situation and after a few 

 aerial evolutions, to return to the former perch. Whether 

 or not the bird is catching an insect at such times I am un- 

 able to state ; but it is my firm belief that such is the case. I 

 have found Lewis's Woodpecker at all times to be an extreme- 

 ly wary bird and very difficult to approach. 



412 a. Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs. 

 Northern Flicker. 

 Summer resident and breeding in eastern Wyoming. 

 Thev are seldom seen west of the Laramie or Big- Horn moun- 



