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nessee. Two males from Hickman have a suffusion of red across 

 the upper throat. 



MELANERPES ERYTHROCEPHALUS ERYTHROCEPHALUS (Linnaeus): Eastern 

 Red-headed Woodpecker 



This woodpecker was of irregular distribution, though in places 

 it was fairly common. In the nesting season it was recorded at Rock 

 Haven on April 25 and 26, eight being seen on the first date men- 

 tioned. One was taken at Brandenburg, on April 30. Another was 

 obtained at Monticello on June 11. In fall a number were found 

 around Madisonville, October 20 and 21, and at Sacramento, October 

 17. Near Middlesboro three were seen at 2,900 feet elevation on Log 

 Mountain on September 19, and an immature bird with a few red 

 feathers appearing on the side of the head and the neck was taken. 



Adult specimens secured all agree in size with the dimensions as- 

 signed to the eastern race as the following measurements show: 

 Males (3 specimens), wing 133.5, 138.9, 141.2, tail 70.9, 74.7, 77.1, 

 culmen from base 27.9, 29.2, 30.3, tarsus 21.2, 22.8, 22.8. Female (1 

 specimen), wing 134.1, tail 76.2, culmen from base 28.1, tarsus 21.4. 



SPHYRAPICUS VARIUS VARIUS (Linnaeus) : Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 



Fall migrants were first observed near Mount Vernon on October 

 1, and two skins were obtained here on October 3. Other specimens 

 came from Cerulean, November 5 ; Canton, November 2 ; South Car- 

 roUton, October 22 ; Roundhill, November 9 ; Brownsville, November 

 11; and Ghent, October 14. There is one skin in the collection ob- 

 tained by Beckham at Wickland, Nelson County, on November 26, 

 1881. 



DRYOBATES ViLLOSUS VILLOSUS (Linnaeus) : Eastern Hairy Woodpecker 



Specimens of this common woodpecker were secured as follows: 

 Golden Pond, November 3; Waverly, May 11; South Carrollton, 

 October 22 and 25; Roundhill, November 9; Ghent, October 12, 13, 

 and 14; Lexington, November 17, 1898 (taken by E. A. Mearns) ; 

 Berea, October 6; Rockybranch, June 14; 2,800 feet on Log Moun- 

 tain, 7 miles west of Middlesboro, September 23 ; 4,000 feet elevation 

 on Black Mountain, near Lynch, June 23. Young birds fully grown 

 were taken at Waverly, May 11, and Monticello, June 10. 



Wliile these are all identified as typical villosus, this is done with 

 some reservation as to birds from the western part of the State, since 

 specimens from this section in slightly smaller size show approach 

 to the southern race audubonii. The region is distinctly one of in- 

 tergradation between northern and southern birds, and specimens 

 should be examined from along the Mississippi River where it seems 

 probable that auduhonii may occur. 



