2 24 MEMOIRS OF THE NUTTALL ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. 



174 [400] Picoides arcticus (Swains.)- 

 Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker. 



Irregular but on rare occasions a common winter visitor. 



In the winter of 1 860-61, there was an invasion of these birds in numbers. 

 Mr. WilHam Brewster ^ says they were abundant, and remained through the 

 entire winter of 1860-61 in a wood of white pine near Lynn, killed by fire in 

 i860 and afterwards attacked by borers. G. O. Welch often saw as many as 

 six or eight in a single visit to the woods. They were mostly females, the 

 yellow-crowned males being comparatively rare. 



There are three specimens in the Peabody Academy collection. One was 

 taken on November 21st, 1855, and another is labeled Boxford, July, 1888, A. 

 F. Killian. 



175 [401] Picoides americanus Brehm. 

 American Three-toed Woodpecker. 



Irregular and very rare winter visitor. 



A pair was taken at Lynn by N. Vickary, in the winter of 1860-61 and a 

 female was also taken the same winter by G. O. Welch.^ Mr. J. A. Farley 

 notes that one was seen at Georgetown, on April 28th, 1900. Only two other 

 records for the State are given by Howe and Allen.^ 



176 [402] Sphyrapicus varius (Linn.). 



Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 



Uncommon and irregular transient visitor ; (summer) ; April 2 1 ; (July, 

 August 9) ; September 23 to October 19. 



1 Wm. Brewster : Bull. Nuttall Dm. Club, vol. 8, p. 122, 1883. 



"J. A. Allen: Amer. Nat., vol. 3, p. 572, 1870; and Wm. Brewster: Bull. Nuttall Om. Club, 

 vol. 8, p. 122, 1883. 



' R. H. Howe, Jr., and G. M. Allen: The Birds of Massachusetts, p. 77, 1901. 



