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In fall and spring tlie northern flicker is widespread throughout 

 the State, records of specimens being as follows : South Mills, April 

 19 and 20 ; Catawba, October 5 ; Statesville, October 7 and 19 ; Keids- 

 ville, September 18 and 19; Bethel, October 30 and November 1 and 

 2; Manns Harbor, October 25; Englehard, October 20; and Williston, 

 November 21. 



The eastern extension of the breeding range of luteus in the north- 

 ern section of North Carolina remains to be ascertained. 



CEOPHLOEUS PILEATUS PILEATUS (Linnaeus) : Southern Pileated Woodpecker 



Five specimens typical of this forai were taken, two at South Mills, 

 April 15 and 17, and three near Engelhard, October 13 and 14. 

 Three males have the wing 217, 219, and 227 mm. and the culmen 

 from base 42.2, 48.8, and 49.7 mm. In two females the wing is 218 

 mm. and the culmen from base 41.3 and 44.1 mm. It is probable 

 that C. p. 'piUatus may be the form found throughout the State, 

 since specimens from the mountain area in extreme eastern Tennessee 

 all pertain to the southern race. 



Birds were seen near Rockingham on May 30, near Statesville on 

 October 4 and 9, near Bethel on November 1 and 2, and at Williston 

 on November 16. 



CENTURUS CARO LINUS (Linnaeus): Red-bellied Woodpecker 



Outside of the higher mountain area this species seems to be of 

 state-wide distribution. Specimens were taken as follows : Statesville, 

 October 6; Reidsville, September 18 (in immature plumage) ; Wades- 

 boro, May 27; Rockingham, May 31; Roseboro, May 4; Clinton, 

 May 3; Southport, May 16; Bethel, November 1 and 2; and South 

 Mills, April 15 and 24. The distribution through the mountains of 

 the western part of North Carolina remains to be ascertained. 



MELANERPES ERYTHR0CEPHALU3 ERYTHROCEPHALUS (Linnaeus) : Eastern 

 Bed-headed Woodpecker 



Specimens were obtained at South Mills on April 17 and South- 

 port on May 16. 



Measurements are as follows: Two males, wing 132.5-135.9, tail 

 71.6-77.4, culmen from base 28.3-31.0, tarsus 22.3-22.5 mm.; one 

 female, wing 128.2, tail 75.0, culmen from base 27.1, tarsus 20.1 mm. 



A female from Southport shot on May 16 still retains part of the 

 Juvenal plumage of the previous year on the head and dorsum. 

 From the* indication of wear on the wings and tail it is obviously a 

 bird of the previous season. 



