134 The Wilson Bulletin — No. 61. 



87. Ceryle alcyon. — Belted Kingfisher. 



Fairly common. Very seldom seen over the lake, but we have 

 scarcely ever visited the ponds witliout seeing one or more. We have 

 met with no indications of their breeding on the Point, but the 

 banks of the dykes near the base offer a congenial-looking habitat. 



88. Dryohatcs viUosus. — Hairy Woodpecker. 



Woodpeckers, as a class, are scarce on the Point; and this partic- 

 ular species is rare. Why this should be so we are unable to sur- 

 mise. There is plenty of heavy woodland, with a normal amount of 

 dead and dying timber scattered through it, and the comparative ab- 

 sence of this usually common species is one of the interesthig phe- 

 nomena of the locality. Keays noted one September 19, 1901, and 

 we observed one single bird March 9. 1907. It is likely that they 

 would be found more commonly during the winter months. 



89. Dryohates puhescen^ mcdianus. — Northern Downy Woodpecker. 

 With the exception of the Flicker the Downy is the commonest 



woodpecker on the Point. It was rare during Septenilier. 190.5, but 

 at all other times we have noted from one to ten individuals each 

 day. 



90. *Sphyrapicus varius. — Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. 



We have generally missed the height of the migrations of this 

 species at the Point, which occur earlier in the spring and later in 

 the fall than the dates of the majority of our visits. We noted a few 

 May 13-14, 1905, and one the first of the following September. Keays 

 reports it as increasing from two on the 18th to one hundred on the 

 21st of September, 1901. We saw none during the August- September 

 visit of 1907, but October 14, 1906, we noted eight or ten individuals. 



EXTINCT. 



Ceophlceus pileatus abieticola. — Northern Pileated Woodpecker. 



An old resident, a man of about seventy years of age, informed us 

 that in his boyhood the "Cock of the Woods" was not uncommon, bin 

 he had not seen any for a good many years. None of the present 

 shooters remember ever seeing one, so it is likely that the species 

 has been extinct on the Point for something in the neighborhood of 

 thirty years. 



91. *Melanerpes erythrocephalus. — Red-headed Woodpecker. 



We have found the Red-headed Woodpecker common on all May 

 trips, but scarce at other times on the Point, though coincidently it 

 was often common on the adjoining mainland. In September of 

 1905, we saw but one bird, on the 6th. During the same month of 

 the two succeeding years they were more numerous and we saw one 

 or more several times during each visit. Our latest date is October 

 14, 1906, when one was observed. None were seen in March, 1907. 



