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Withe on April 10, but residents in Fayette and Shelby Counties 

 considered that these woodpeckers were becoming scarce in that area. 

 They were common on Big Frog Mountain. Young just from the nest 

 were found near Waynesboro on May 15, and grown young were 

 recorded on Big Frog Mountain July 10 and 13. and at 2,900 feet 

 on Beans Mountain 2 miles northeast of Parksville on July 14. 



CENTURUS CAROLINUS (Linnaeus): Red-bellied Woodpecker 



This woodpecker was common in the area adjacent to the Mississippi 

 River, especially in the general region of Reelfoot Lake, while it was 

 less numerous but in fair numbers through the south-central section 

 visited. Records are as follows: Frayser, April 8; Hickory Withe, 

 April 9; Reelfoot Lake, April 26 and 27; near Phillippy, Lake County, 

 October 7, 9, and 12; Cumberland River, 2 miles west of Indian Mound, 

 Stewart County, October 27 and 29; 8 miles north of Wayneslwro, 

 November 13; western Lincoln County, 6 miles east of Fraiikewing, 

 November 9; Rockwood, March 4, 1885 (W. H. Fox). 



Measurements of this series are as follows: Males (6 s])ocimens), 

 wing 123.5-129.7, tail 74.5-79.5, culmen from base 28.9-31.9, tarsus 

 22.3-24.2 mm. Females (8 specimens), wing 124.7-130, tail 73.(5-80.5, 

 culmen from base 26-29.5, tarsus 21-22.9 mm. 



MELANERPES ERYTHROCEPHALUS ERYTHROCEPHALUS (Linnaeus): 

 Eastern Red-headed Woodpecker 



A female taken 3 miles west of Hickory Withe on April 15 has 

 about half of the brown head feathers of the immature dress replaced 

 by red. An adult male was collected at Bartlett, Shelby County, on 

 April 13. Other birds secured in the breeding season were taken as 

 follows: Troy and Hornbeak, Obion County, May 4; 8 miles north 

 of Waynesboro, May 13 and 14; 5 miles east of Crossville, May 28 and 

 29 ; and Shady Valley, June 5. 



In fall, red-heads were common in the vicinity of Reelfoot Lake. 

 An immature male with red feathere beginning to appear on forehead 

 and auricular and malar regions was secured 3 miles south of Sam- 

 burg, with an adult female, on October 11. Two were seen and one 

 was taken 2 miles west of Indian Mound on the Cumberland River in 

 Stewart County on October 29. 



Measurements of this series are as follows: Males (9 specimens), 

 wing 130-137.7, tail 75-78.5, culmen from base 25.8-27.8, tarsus 23-24. 

 Females (4 specimens), wing 128-134.5, tail 71-75.5. culmen from base 

 24-26, tarsus 22.2-23.1. 



