QQ JOURNAL OF THE 



Order PICI. Woodpeckers, Wrynecks, Etc. 



Family PICID.E. Woodpeckers. 



Genns Campephilus Gray. 



117. (392). C. principalis (h'u\n.). Ivory-billed Woodpecker. 

 Formerly a resident of North Carolina, now confined to the 

 Gulf States and Lower Mississippi Valley. Should be looked 

 for as accidental in the south-eastern parts of the State. 



Genus Dryobateh Boie. 



118.(393). D. villosus (JJnn.). Hairy Woodpecker. Mount- 

 ain region, rare resident. Single male shot among balsams of 

 Black Mountains; referred by some to D. v. leucomelas {vide 

 Brewster). Reported also by Batchelder in winter, and by 

 Cairns as a " rare resident.'^ 



119. (393b). D. viUosus audohonii (Swains.). Southern Hairy 

 Woodpecker. Resident, generally distributed, rather rare. 



*120. (394). D. pubescens (Linn.). Downy Woodpecker. 

 Resident, common. (Univ^ Coll.). 



121. (395). D. horealis (Vieill.). Red-cockaded Woodpecker. 

 Probably a resident of the coast region. I shot one December 

 14th, 1887, in marshy woodland about two miles from Beaufort. 

 Standing in the road I could count at a dozen specimens within 

 a few rods. They were searching very industriously on pine 

 and oak trees for insects, and uttering a peculiar, sharp, 

 ^^eh-r-r-r-r.'^ (Priv. Coll.). 



Genus Sphyrapicus Baird. 



122. (402). S. varius (Linn.). Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 

 Common in fall, winter and spring; reported as resident in 

 mountain region (mde Cairns). (Univ. Coll.). 



Genus Ceophlceus Cabanis. 



*123. (405). C. pileatm (Linn.). Pileated Woodpecker. 



Resident, generally distributed, rare. Eggs taken in Buncombe 



county April 20, 1886, by Cairns. The adult is a very shy 



bird. When young they are comparatively tame. In June^ 



