BIRDS OF NOVA SCOTIA—DOWNS. 163 
Genus MELANERPES Swainson. 
Subgenus MELANERPES. 
146. Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Zinn.) (406). Rep- 
HEADED WOODPECKER. 
Very rare. Only a mere strageler. 
Genus COLAPTES Swainson. 
147. Colaptes auratus (Zinn.) (412). Fricker; ‘ GonpEn- 
WiInGED WoopDPECKEER ;” ‘‘ YELLOW-HAMMER;” HIGH-HOLDER.” 
This is the commonest woodpecker we have. Arrives as soon 
as the season opens and stops until late in the fall. Will breed 
in any favorable place, and brings up a very large family. All 
the young have the black moustache. This the females sub- 
sequently lose, and these birds present, in this particular, a 
curious exception to the general rule, by which the young males 
usually resemble the females in plumage, and their distinctive 
dress is a later acquisition. 
OrpER MACROCHIRES. Goatsuckers, SWIFTS, ETC. 
Suborder CAPRIMULGI. Goatsuckers, ete. 
Famity CAPRIMULGIDA. Goatsuckers, ETc. 
Genus ANTROSTOMUS Gould. 
148. Antrostomus vociferus (/Vi/s.) (417). Wutrpr-poor-witt. 
Formerly common, but now become rare. Summer resident. 
It used to breed regularly near Hosterman’s mill, at the head of 
the Arm. 
Genus CHORDEILES Swainson. 
149. Chordeiles virginianus (@me/.) (429). Nigurnawk. 
Very common. Arrives about the lst of June and departs for 
the south before the first frosts of autumn arrive. It is said to 
breed occasionally on the gravel of flat-roofed houses in the 
city. 
Suborder CYPsELt. Swifts. 
Famity MICROPODIDA. Swirts. 
Subfamily CH&TURINE, Spine-tailed Swifts. 
Genus CHETURA Stephens. 
150. Chetura pelagica(Zin.) (423). Curmnzy Swier ;  CHIM. 
NEY SwALLow. 
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