14 COUE8, BIRDS OF NEW ENGLANIT. 



JPicus pubescens Linn. — Downy Woodpecker. Resi- 

 dent, and everywhere abundant. 



No. 905, $. Essex Co. E. P. Emraerton, Nov. 27, 1854. 

 No. 906, $. " " S. Jillson, 1858. 



Picoides arcticus Gray. — Black - backed Three-toed 

 Woodpecker. Winter resident ; not known to breed 

 within the limits of New England. ("Probably breeds.'^ 

 Calais, Me., Boardm., p. 122.) Extends through all 

 its States in winter, but is very rare or even accidental in 

 the southernmost. (Springfield, Mass., All., p. 52.) 



No. 901, $. Essex Co. 



No. 902, ?. " '■ S. Jillson, Nov. 21, 1855. 



Picoides hirsutus Gray. — Banded Three-toed Wood- 

 pecker. A very rare winter visitant ; probably only 

 stragglers reach as far as Massachusetts. (Calais, Me., 

 G. A. Boardman, in Verr., p. 21. — Mass., Breiv., p. 

 437; Patn., p. 229; Sam., p. 4; AIL, p. 82.) 



Sphyrapicus varius Baird. — Yellow-bellied Wood- 

 pecker. Summer resident. Common in most localities. 

 Extends northward into Canada. A few probably winter 

 ill the more southern portions. 



No. 907, $, adult. Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1855. 

 No. 908, ?, adult. " " " " " 



No. 909, ^, young". " " "" " " 



Hijlotoraus pileatus Baird. — Pileated Woodpecker. 

 Black Log-cock. Generally distributed, and resident, in 

 all well-wooded portions of New England, though appa- 

 rently nowhere abundant. It is a shy, wild, and retiring 

 species, and one that disappears more rapidly than almost 

 any other with the clearing away of forests. 



No. 887, $ , adult. New Hampshire. 



Centurus OaroUnus Swains. — Red-bellied Woodpecker. 

 A rare and perhaps only accidental summer visitor to the 

 more southern portions. (Western Mass., "breeding," 

 Emm. Springfield "accidental. May 13, 1863,"^/?., p. 

 53; "Said to be unknown in the eastern part of the 

 State," Peab., p. 336. "One specimen, Stratford, Conn., 

 Oct. 16, 1842," Lins., p. 263. Omitted from Sam. 

 0.0.) I do not find it recorded from Maine or New 

 Hampshire. 



No. 904, ^ , adult. Locality unknown. 

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