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woods and swamps, where it is reported as very wild, keeping- 

 well out of the reach of the gun. While it is .said to be usually 

 a resident as far north as the H<S° parallel, further north it be- 

 comes less common, and above the 40° parallel is rather .scarce 

 as a resident, although a few are reported at almost every sta- 

 tion on the Atlantic slope. ' ' At Cape Cod it is very mischiev- 

 ous during this sea.son, boring holes through the weather 

 boarding of vacant summer residences for no apparent rea.son 

 except for .shelter. Drumming on tin roofs also seems to afford 

 it pleasure." — J. H. Bowles. "At Taunton, Ma.ss., the few 

 that remain find shelter in the deep evergreen swamps or in old 

 ice hou.ses, in which it excavates its winter quarters."— A. C. 

 Bent. " West of the Alleghenies it is found in small flocks on 

 Big Island, Burlington county, Iowa ; and is not uncommon at 

 Oberlin. Ohio, Port Sanilac and Plymouth, Mich.; and at 

 Mexico, Mo., extending well out on the prairies, seemingly 

 loss migratory yearly, as it was found throughout the cold 

 winter of 'y^-'y-t. " At Wady Petra, 111., for three winters — 

 'y3 to 'yn — an old male was present almo.st ever}' day, though 

 during the coldest weather he disappeared for as long as a 

 week at a time ; during the morning he usually sat on the east 

 .side of the roof of the house." — Virginius H. Cha.se. "At 

 Oberlin College for two winters — "yo to 'y? — a solitary bird 

 roosted between the vertical water pipe and wall of Spear 

 Library, and during the winter of 'y7-'y<S one bird made its 

 headquarters in the cupola of the Theological Seminary build- 

 ing. " — Lynds Jones. Two records are given for Perry, 

 Iowa — Nov. IN, 'y8, and Dec. 22, "y4. Regardless of the 

 Winter weather from one to three have been noticed every 

 few days throughout December, "f)'^), and January, '00, at 

 HilLsboro, Iowa, which is within ten miles of the Missouri 

 border ; and at Waseca, Minn., one was .seen on Dec. 11 and 

 12, '.SO. At Plymouth, Mich., the cold winters and the .scar- 

 city or abundance of beech nuts does not .seem to effect the 

 rarity or abundance of the Flicker as it does the Red-headed 

 Woodpecker. It does not winter at Glen Ellyn, 111.; Iowa 

 City, Iowa, or at any station in Wisconsin or Minnesota. 

 While stragglers have wintered even north of the United States 

 in mild sea.sons, I believe nearly if not quite all birds found 

 above latitude 40° to be Winter visitants from further north. 



