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ir.on summer resident at Webster, N. H.; breeds — Chas. F. Goodhue, 

 viii., 17, 268— Found near Washington, D. C— (R. F. Boiseau). viii., 

 19, 300— Found in Michiijan—" Archer " (G. A. Stockwell). x., 26, 

 503— Arrived at Ehnira, N. Y., May 8, 1878— E. B. Gleason. xi., 3, 

 47— Not very abundant at Peotone, III.; breeds — D. H. Eaton, xi., 

 10, 20-4— Nested near HaUlax, N. S., tliis summer (1878)— J. Matthew- 

 Jones, xii., 11, 205— -Common in Nova Scotia — J. Matthew Jones. 



Cock. Sasre, See Centrocercus urophasianus. 



('ockatoo. Blaok, See M/croglosna aterrima. 



Colapt^s anratits. Golden-winged AVoodpecker. i., 26,404 — A few win- 

 ter, Imt most arrive in March in New Fngland — F. B. ii., 11, 162 — 

 Not numerous in the Lake Okeechobee region, Fla. — Fred. A. Ober. 

 ii., 22, 341 — Found in Russell County, Kansas; feeds on insects and 

 ants' eggs in spring — F. S. B.(enson). iii., 4, 53 — Common in 

 Newfoundland called English Woodpecker by the settlers from a 

 fancied resemblance of its note to that of the Green Woodpecker of 

 Europe — M. Harvey, iv., 23, 358— Found at Petroleum, W. Va., in 

 spring — Ernest Ingersoll. v., 17, 260 — Observed in the Black Hills 

 by Geo. Bird Grinned in 1874— Ernest Ingersoll. v., 23, 356— De- 

 scribes a peculiaritj' in the tongue of a specimen, that ended at the base 

 of the skull instead of dividing into two parts on the skull— R. L. New- 

 comb, vi., 4, 52 — Resident near New Haven, Conn.; common in sum- 

 mer ; rare in winter— ''Speculator" (Robt. T. Morris), vi., 4, 52 — 

 First arrivals at Ephrata, Penn,, jMarch 18, 1875— W. H. Spera. 

 vi., 7, 99— Remain all the year round at Yonkers, N. Y. — W. F. H. 

 Getty, vi., 9, 132^Arrive in Mass. between April 10 and 20 — J. A. 

 Allen, vi., 10, 148 — One seen at Riverdale-on-Hudson, March 12, 1876 

 — E. P. Bicknell. vi., 10, 148 — Rare in winter, common in summer, at 

 Fort Wayne, Ind. — G. Aug. Smith, vi., 11, 163 — Observed at Lees- 

 burg, Va., March 28, 1876— E. Ingersoll (authority), vi., 11, 163— 

 One seen at Trenton, N. J., March 12, 1876; they remain all winter 

 here — C. C. Abbott, vi., 12, 181 — Common in summer; not uncom- 

 mon in winter at Danvers, Mass. — Arthur F. Gray, vi., 12, 181 — Ar- 

 rived at Boonsboro, Md., March 14, 1876— W. B. Wheeler, vi., 15, 

 233— Seen Aoril 12, 1876, at Riverdale, N. Y.; first time since March 

 13, 1876— E. P. Bicknell. vi., 17, 266— Noticed at Lake City, Minn., 

 April 8, 1876— D. C. Estes. vi., 19, 301— Noticed at Meacham Lake, 

 N. Y.. April 20 to 22, 1876— A. R. Fuller, vi., 20, 318— Noticed one at 

 Ferrisburgh, Vt., April 18, 1876 ; they are not nearly as common here as 

 formerly — R. E. Robinson, vi., 22, 354 — Conunon summer visitor at 

 Ann Arbor, Mich. ; arrives March 20 : begins nesting first week in 

 May ; all are gone south by Nov. 1 — A. B. Covert, vi.. 22, 354 — Ar- 

 rived at Holiis, N. II., April 15, 1874; March 26, 1875; April 13, 

 1876— W. H. Fox. vi., 24, 386— Nest wdth eggs May 20, 1876, at 

 Riverdale, N. Y.— E. P. Bicknell. vi., 26, 418— Noticed at Salem, 

 Mass., April 12, 1876— R. L. Newcomb. vii., 3, 36— Abundant in 

 Central N. Y.; breeds— H. G. Fowler, vii., 13, 199— Kuo'^vn by the 

 local name of " clape" near New York — C. W. in "Answers to Cor- 

 respondents." viii. , 7, 96 — Noticed on Clark's Island, Plymouth, Mass., 

 in 1852 — F. C. Browne, viii. , 7, 96 — Abundant summer resident at Web- 

 ster, N. H.; breeds — Chas. F. Goodhue, viii., 13, 192— First appears 

 on the Coteau des Prairies, Dakota, June 23, and is not very numerous ; 

 remains until Oct. 10 — Chas. E. McChesney. viii., 19, 300 — Found in 

 Michigan— " Archer" (G. A. Stockwell). x., 5, 76 — Dates of arrival 

 in pprinar at Framingham, Mass., for tw^entv-five years — F. C. Browne, 

 x.. 10. i79— Common at Salem, Mass., last of March, 1878— R. L. 

 N.(e\vcomb). x., 17, 319— Winter near Boston, Mass.— H. D. Minot. 

 X., 26, 503— Noticed at Elmira, N. Y., April 12, 1878— E. B. Gleason. 

 xi., 1, 2 — Abnormal egg of this species, about half the usual size — 

 Arthur F. Gray, xi., 3, 47 — Very abmidant at Peotone, 111.; breeds — 

 D. H. Eaton, xii., 2, 25— Large numbers of them washed up on the 



