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Picoides americanns. Banded Three-toed "Woodpecker, i , 26, 404 — 

 Rare visitor to New England— F. B. iii., 4, 53 — Resident throughout 

 the year iu Newfoundland — M. Harvej'. viii., 7, 96 — Rare winter 

 visitor at Webster, N H.; one taken in 1875 — Chas. F. (ioodhue. 

 viii., 19, 300 Found in Michigan — "Archer" (G. A. Stockwell). xi , 

 13, 259— Eggs fount 1 in Lewis County, N. Y., by C. Hart Merriam. 

 (It is given erroneously here as P. arcticus, but is corrected by Frank- 

 lin Benner, xi., 15, 300.) xii., 18, 245 — Not common in Nova Scotia 

 — J. Matthew Jones. 



Picoides arcticus. Black-backed, Three-toed Woodpecker. 1., 26, 404 — 

 Rare winter visitor to New England — F. B. iii , 4, 53 — Abimdant 

 all the year round in Newfoundland — 31. Harvey, vi., 8, 116 — De- 

 part from Mass. for the North from March 20 to 31 — J. A. Allen, 

 viii., 7, 96 Very rare fall and winter visitor at Webster, N. H. — 

 Chas. F. Goodhue, viii., 19, 300 — Common in the Upper Peninsula 

 of ]Michigan, and occasionally found in the Lower Peninsula — 

 "Archer" (G. A. Stockwell). xi., 12. 239— Eggs fourtd in Lewis 

 County, N Y., by C. Hart Merriam (this is wr(jng). xi , 13, 259— 

 Giving two previous instances of their eggs having been authenticated 

 T. M B.(rewer). xi., 15, 300 — Correcting the statement that the 

 eggs were found by C. Hart Merriam, as they were those of Picoides 

 americanus Franklin Benner. xii., 7, 126 — Noticed in the Province 

 of Quebec, Canada, during a trip in the winter of 1878-79 — Everett 

 Smith, xii., 13, 245— Not common in Nova Scotia — J. Matthew 

 Jones. 



Picus borealis. Red-cockaded Woodpecker, viii., 13, 195 — Account of 

 one destroying the nest of a Downy Woodpecker, at Gainesville, 

 Texas— G. H. R.(agsdale). 



Pious i)ul)escens. Downy Woodpecker, i., 26, 404 — Resident in New- 

 England— F. B iv., 23, 358 Found at Petrolemu, W. Va., in 

 spring — Ernest IngersoU. v., 18, 275 — Habits when with us in the 

 .winder — E. B. Tobin. vi., 4, 52 — Resident near New Haven, Conn.; 

 common summer and winter — "Speculator " (Robt.T. Morris), vi., 

 7, 99— Observed at Trenton, N. J., Feb. 7, 1876— Chas. C. Abbott, 

 vi., 7, 99 -Remain all the year near Youkers, N. Y. — W. F. H. 

 Getty, vi., 7, 100 — Common all the year near Montpelier, Vt. - W. 

 A. Briggs. vi., 7, 100 — Common all the year round in Addison Co., 

 Yt. — R. (E. Robinson), vi., 10, 148 — Common at all times at Fort 

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

 Va., March 28, 1876— E. Ingers-'ll (authority), vi., 12, 181— Com- 

 mon at all times at Dan vers, Mass. — Arthur F. Gray, vi., 17, 266 — 

 Scarce this spring at Lake City, Minn., though usually common — D. C. 

 Estes. vi., 20, 318 Noticed at Ferrisburgh, Vt., April 9, 1876 ; they 

 are notnearly as plenty here as formerly — R. E. Robinson, vi.. 22, 354 

 — Common all the year at Ann Arbor, 3Iich ; eggs are laid about May 

 10; sometimes rears tw'o broods in the season — A. B. Covert, vii., 3, 

 36 — Found throughout the year in Central New York; breeds; most 

 common in winter — H. G. Fowler, viii., 7, 96 — Very common resi- 

 dent at Webster, N. H ; breeds — Chas. F. Goodhue, viii.. 13, 195 — 

 Account of a Red-cockaded Woodpecker destroying a nest of this 

 species at Gainesville, Texas— G. H. R.(ag.sdale). viii., 19. 800— 

 Fovmd in Michigan— "Archer" (G. A. Stockwell). x., 9, 156 -Be- 

 ginning to build jMarch 20, 1878, at East Hampton, Conn - W. W. 

 Coe. X i., 2, 25— Numbers of them washed up on the shores of 

 Oneida Lake, N. Y., after a storm— J. P.' Hutchins. xii., 3, 46 — 

 Foimd all winter at Schraalenburg, N. J.— " Alianus." xii., 7, 126— 

 Noticed during the winter of 1878-79, in the Province of Quebec, 

 Canada— Everett Smith, xii., 13, 245 — Common all the year in 

 Nova Scotia — J. Matthew Jones. 



Picus pubescens g'airdueri. Gairdner's Woodpecker, xii., 19. 365--Com- 



