Notes oil Ihr liird.s. 347 



Viyo (bounty: May 3 and 15, 188S. 



Carroll County: May 11, 1S7S, one taUcii : ]\Iay i:5. 1882, May IG, 1883. 

 May 30, 1884, and May 20, 1885, un{v,\. 



90. Cekyle alcyon (Liiiua'usj. isklteu KixtiFisiiEU. (300) 



Common summer resident, arriviii^i (luilc early in tlie spring soon after the 

 ice goes off, and remaining unlil late in llie fall; a few sometimes remain 

 in favorable situations all winter. 



Carroll County: Common along tlic Wabash and all the creeks, nesting 

 in all suitable banks. March 4. 1878. one taken on Deer Creek near 

 Camden ; March 5, 1879, one noted ; May 17. 1883, one noted on Deer Creek; 

 April 3, 1SS5, first of season seen near Camden ; May 18, nest with six well 

 incubated eggs ; May 21, noted. 



Vigo County: Several pairs could always he seen each summer along 

 the river near Terre Haute, and <iiic |iair at the gravel-pit east of town; 

 March 31, 1SS8, noted. 



Monroe County: \ot common, doulitless because of the few streams. 



97. Dkyobates viLi.osi s viixosus (Linnanis). 

 HAIRY woodpecker. (393) 



A fairly common resident, seen in the edge of woodlands where there are 

 old dead trees and snags ; also about the barn-lots and orchards ; less abun- 

 dant than the Downy and not so confiding or well known. Perhaps about 

 equally common in all three counties. 



Carroll County: February 15, 1879. noted near Camden; March 18, 1885. 

 observed to be very common in Deer Creek bottoms above Camden. In the 

 winter of 1884-5. one or more individuals might be seen in Carroll County 

 almost any day. 



Monroe County: Quite common, especially in the spring. 



Vigo County: Noted practically every time I went to the woods. 



98. Dkyobates pubescens mediaxi s (Swainson). 



DOWNY' WOODPECKER. (394c) 



A common and familiar permanent resident, perhaps, next to the Red- 

 head, the best known of all our woodpeckers. The Downy is a cheery little 

 bird, quite tolerant and unsuspicious of man, coming about our orchards 

 and yards and making itself very much at home. I would say it is about 

 equally common in all three counties. Nesting in late April to early .June. 



Carroll County: February 15. 1879. noted at Camden; May 28, 1883, a 

 nest in a hole in an old apple tree near Camden with five young nearly able 

 to fiy ; March 18. 1885, observed to be very common in the Deer Creek bot- 

 toms near Camden. Noted November 11. 1900. on an elm near her home 

 in Burlington, by Miss Ava Everinann who saw another Downy December 

 31, in a maple on the street. 



Monroe an<l Vk/o Counties: iMpialiy common and well known. 



99. SpIIYKAPICIS VARUS VARirS (LilUKl'US). 

 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSICKER. (402) 



A rather infrequent fall and spring visitant, sometimes a winter visitor. 

 In Monroe County frequently seen in late fall and early spring; one noted 

 March 26, 188G. In Vigo County apparently less frequent. Perhaps more 



