1870.] REEKS — ON BIRDS OF NEWFOUNDLAND. 151 



ENCYONEMA, KUTZ. 



E. prostratum, llalfs. — Common. Wharves at Toronto ; water 

 trough near Dundas. 



COLLETONEMA; ERIE. 



C. vulgare, Thw. — Rare. Mill-stream, Dundas. 

 C. neglccium, Thw. — Not uncommon. River Don ; Toronto 

 Island ; Kempenfelt Bay. 



NOTES ON THE BIRDS OF NEWFOUNDLAND. 



By Henry Eeeks, F.L.S., &g. 

 ( Continued from page 47.) 



PiciD^. The Woodpeckers. 



Hairi/ Wooclpechei\ or Sapsucher (Picus villosus, Linn.) — 

 Tolerably common, and does not migrate. Newfoundland 

 specimens appear to agree with Professor Baird's variety — 

 medius. 



jDoiimi/ Woodpecher, or Sapsucher (P. pubescens, Linn.') — 

 Very common, and, like the preceding species, is non-migratory. 



Black-hacked Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides arcticus, 

 Swains.) — This fine species is tolerably common in Newfound- 

 land throughout the year ; and, often when the snow is drifting 

 through these dreary forests, no other sign of animal life is 

 noticeable than the " Woodpecker tapping " in search of the 

 larvae of several fine species of Sirex which abound there. 



Banded Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides hirsutus, Vieill.) — 

 Scarcely so common as the preceding species, but, like that, is a 

 resident throughout the year. I shot several males, but had a 

 difficulty in getting a female, though I succeeded at last in killing 

 one specimen. It is a rather darker bird than the male, and is 

 without the yellow patch on the crown, having that part spotted 

 with white. The transverse bands on the back are similar to 

 those on the male. 



Black Woodcock, or Logcock (Hylotomus pileatus, Linn.) — 

 This is the "great black Woodpecker" of the Newfoundland 



