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beak, Obion County, Tenn., only a short distance to the south, are 

 auratus. Specimens taken on Black Mountain on June 23 and at 

 Fullerton on July 13 have the tips of the primaries broken by wear 

 so that they seemingly have small measurements, though in reality 

 they are the northern bird. 



One male from Middlesboro has a few red feathers in the mous- 

 tachial streaks on each side of the head. 



CEOPHLOEUS PILEATUS PILEATUS (Linnaeus) : Southern Pileated Woodpecker 



Adult specimens of this great woodpecker w^ere obtained as follows : 

 4% miles southwest of Hickman, May 21 and 26; South Carrollton, 

 October 25: and Brownsville, November 10 and 11. These all agree 

 in the small size that marks the southern form of this bird. In three 

 males the wdng measures 212, 225, and 227 mm., and in two females 

 it is 220 and 224 mm. It will be noted that all come from the south- 

 ern half of the State, but it seems probable that this is the race that 

 extended formerly throughout Kentucky. 



A young female nearly grown was secured near the northern arm 

 of Reelfoot Lake southwest of Hickman, May 30, and another near 

 Coopersville in Wayne County, June 8. Among other records of 

 interest one was observed 4 miles southeast of Brandenburg, April 

 27, and several were recorded in Wayne County near Rockybranch 

 on June 7 and 13 and 4 miles east of Monticello, on June 10. Two 

 were observed near Mount Vernon on October 3. Pileated woodpeck- 

 ers were found along the Cumberland River near Canton on October 

 31 to November 2 and in the same general region 5 miles northeast 

 of Golden Pond on November 3. Two were seen near Roundhill, in 

 Butler County, November 9. 



CENTURUS CAROLINUS (Linnaeus) : Red-bellied Woodpecker 



This handsome woodpecker is common in the State, being repre- 

 sented by specimens from the following localities: Near Hickman, 

 May 24; Canton, October 31 and November 2; South Carrollton, 

 October 22 ; Uniontown, May 10 ; Roundhill, November 7 and 9 ; Rock 

 Haven, April 26; Ghent, October 11; Rockybranch, June 14; Monti- 

 cello, June 10; Mount Vernon, October 1; Lexington, November 17, 

 21, and 25 and December 1, 1898 (taken by E. A. Mearns) ; 2,800 

 and 2,900 feet elevation on Log Mountain, 7 miles west of Middles- 

 boro, September 19 and 21. 



Measurements of these Kentucky specimens are as follows: Males 

 (10 specimens), wing 124.6-132.7 (128.9), tail 71.6-82.8 (76.5), cul- 

 men from base 28.3-32.5 (30.9), tarsus 22.1-23.7 (22.4) mm. Females 

 (8 specimens), wing 121-132.6 (126.3), tail 69.3-77.3 (74.2), culmen 

 from base 27.0-29.7 (28.2), tarsus 20.0-24.3 (21.8) mm. These di- 

 mensions agree fairly closely with those of a small series from Ten- 



