AVERY BIRD COLLECTION 61 
89. DRYOBATES PUBESCENS PUBESCENS (Linneus). 
SOUTHERN DOWNY WOODPECKER. 
“Common. Resident. Breeds.” (1890e). 
No. 396. Male. Greensboro. Mar. 5, 1890. W. C. Avery. 
No. 404. Female. Greensboro. Mar. 10, 1890. W. C. Avery. 
No. 428. Male. Greensboro. Mar. 19, 1890. W. C. Avery. 
No. 599. Female. Greensboro. Aug. 22, 1890. W. C. Avery. 
No. 759. Male-juv. Greensboro. Oct. 16, 1890. W. C. Avery. 
No. 777. Male. Greensboro. Oct. 21, 1890. W. C. Avery. 
90. DRYOBATES BOREALIS (Vieillot) . 
RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER. 
“Common in the pine woods north of Greensboro. It 
was discovered last September, the 20th, in a growth of 
pines, in the Warrior River bottom, near Millwood. Mr. 
C. S. Brimley of Raleigh, North Carolina, who was mak- 
ing biological explorations here for the Agricultural De- 
partment at Washington, discovered it tnere, where it 
had previously escaped my observation. Resident. Breeds. 
(1890e). 
The stomachs of a male and female of this species, tak- 
en Jan. 4, 1891, near Greensboro, contained, respectively, 
“red ants” and “insects:” 
Red-cockaded woodpeckers were “seen frequently” dur- 
ing the Doctor’s stay in Baldwin County, Sept. 16 to 
Oct. 2, 1892. 
No. 692. Male. Greensboro. Sept. 20, 1890. W. C. Avery. 
No. 809 (?). Female. No label. 
91. SPHYRAPICUS VARIUS VARIUS (Linneus). 
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER. 
Dr. Avery’s first specimen of this woodpecker, so far 
as the record goes, was taken Jan. 10, 1878, at Greens- 
boro. Oct. 8, 1887, another specimen was recorded 
whose “‘stomach contained only ants.” 
“Common during the autumn migration.” (1890e). 
No. Bis40. Female. Greensboro. Jan. 10, 1878. W. C. Avery. 
No. 230. Male. Greensboro. Sept. 28, 1889. W. C. Avery. 
No. 240. Male. Greensboro. Oct. 9, 1889. W. C. Avery. 
No. 241. Male. Greensboro. Oct. 9, 1889. W. C. Avery. 
No. 403. Male. Greensboro. Jan. ....., 1886. W. C. Avery. 
No. 774. Female. Greensboro. Oct. 20, 1890. W. C. Avery. 
No. 779. Male juv. Greensboro. Oct. 22, 1890. W.C. Avery. 
No. 795. Male. Greensboro. Oct. 25, 1890. W. C. Avery. 
