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Of this species Colonel Wedderburn says : "In general not very com- 

 mon. I first saw it in December, 1847 again in November, 1848; and 

 in April 18o0, a great many suddenly appeared, several of which I shot. 

 Many of the palmetto trees are bored by this bird. It breeds in Mr. 

 Ballinghall's garden every year, and I should think that a few also breed 

 in holes in the large trees at Brackish Pond, and in some of the other 

 large swamps." Three examples occurred during my stay, but I could 

 not ascertain whether they bred or not in 1875. I don't think they did 

 so in Brackish Pond, where I kept a careful watch for them. Mr. Bar- 

 tram has about a dozen specimens, scarcely two of which are alike, so 

 variable is the plumage of the species. They are all in immature dress, 

 with the crimson patches more or less replaced by mottled gray, but all 

 possess the characteristic "yellowness" which distinguishes the bird 

 from nearly all the other American Picidce. 



Genus Colaptes, Sw. 



70. Colaptes auratus, (Limi.) Bw. Golden -winged Woodpecker; Flicker. 



Cticidus an rat us, Liun. 



Picus anratus. Linu, Forst., Vieil., Wils., Bp., Nutt., Aud. 

 Colaptes anratus, Sw., Sw. & Rich., Bp., Bd., aud most authorB. 

 Geopicus auratus, Malli. 



Length, 12.50 ; wing COO. 



Hah. — Eastern North America to the slopes and foot-hills of the 

 Eocky Mountains, where in many localities it becomes mixed with C. 

 mexicanus; Alaska ; Greenland. Accidental in Europe. (Coues.) 



The only specimens ever obtained were shot by officers of the Sixty- 

 first Kegiment in Devonshire Marsh, as my friend Mr. J. M. Jones 

 informed me. One or two were shot in 1871, 1 think, but no others are 

 on record. 



Order RAPTORES. 



Family STRIGID^. 



Sub-family STRIGIN^. 



Genus Otus, Cuv. 



71. Otus vulgaris var. wilsoniaiitis, (Less.) Allen. American Long-eared 

 Owl. 



Otus amcricanus, sp., Kaup., Maxiin, Allen. 



Strix peregrinaior, Bartr.. 



Asio pcreyrinaior, Strickland. 



Strix otus, Wils., Bp., Nutt., Aud. Peal. 



Sirix (Asio) otus, Sw. & Rich. 



