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"124. Melanerpes torquatus, (Wils.)- — Lewis's Woodpeclcer. 



This is a comiuoii resident of Stockton and Marysville, and appears to 

 be more nnmerous in the valleys than in the foot-hills or the Upper 

 Sierras, where, however, it occasionally occurs. 



Those I have seen in the pine forests were apparently traveling in 

 straggling- scattered ilocks. I have not found it at Big Trees in breeding 

 season. 



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 Mar. 27, 1878 

 Apr. 9,1878 



*125. Melanerpes formicivorus, (Swains.)- — Calif ornian Woodpeclcer. 



This is an abundant constant resident of the valleys and foot-hills. 

 I shot one at Big Trees in August, but considered it a straggler. 



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■'Fell. — , 187S 

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 Feb. — , 1878 

 Spring, 1877 

 Winter, 1878 



*126. Colaptes auratus, 8. mezicanus, Swaius. — Bed-shafted Flicker. 



This is a common constant resident at Stockton, Murj)hy's, and Marys- 

 \ille, and is a common summer resident of the jiine forests. 



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Dec. 29, 1877 

 Winter, '77-78 



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Feb. — , 187S 



Oct., 3,1878 



June —,1878 



*126rt. Colaptes auratus, y. hybridus, Baird. — ^'Hyhrid" FUcJcer. 



The plumage of probably half the numerous Flickers which I shot in 

 January and February, 1878, at Marys\alle was variously intermediate 

 between that typical of the supposed species G. mexlcamis and C. au- 

 ratus. Those with uniformly golden shafts were unquestionably the 

 rarest of all. (^iiite a large number of those I had the good fortune to 

 shoot in January had well-developed red nuchal crescents, and the iris 

 was usually dark blood-red.t No trace of black in the cheek-patches 

 was observed in any of them. At Stockton, in March, 1878, I found it 

 somewhat difficult to find a specimen in which the shafts were all yellow, 

 or in which this color even predominated, though the number of speci- 

 mens taken here at different times satisfied me that ''hybrids" were not 



* "Iris millcy white, tinged witli pale pink or carmine ; feet pale ])ea-gTeeu." — Note 

 to one of the above specimens. — R. R. 



tThi.s is frequeutly the color of the iris in very adnlt specimens of both mexicanKS 

 and auratus, and is, perhaps, a mark of high maturity, possibly a mere individual 

 peculiarity. — ^R. R. 



