62 GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF ALABAMA 
92, PHLGZOTOMUS PILEATUS PILEATUS (Linneus). 
PILEATED WOODPECKER. 
“TLog-Cock.” 
“Not common, though once abundant. Found in heavily 
timbered localities; chiefly in the river bottom.” (1890e). 
Writing of Baldwin County, Sept. 16-Oct. 2, 1892, the 
Doctor noted: “Pileated woodpecker not common; one 
specimen was taken at ‘Rambler’s Rest’ on Perdido Bay.” 
No. 1004. Male. Baldwin Co. Oct. 2, 1892. W.C. Avery. 
No. 1063. Female. Greensboro. Sept. 8, 1898. W. C. Avery. 
93. MELANERPES ERYTHROCEPHALUS (Linneus). 
RED-HEADED WOODPECKER. 
“Shirt-T ail.” 
After cataloging an adult male taken at Greensboro, 
June 9, 1876, as No. 14 of his first series, Dr. Avery 
writes: 
“Stomach contained debris of insects, and blackberry 
seeds. 
“When I was a boy the red-headed woodpecker was a 
very common bird. Thousands of these harmless birds 
have been destroyed, under the pretext of saving the 
fruit and the Indian corn. I believe that when they 
peck into the latter it is to search for a worm that de- 
stroys the corn: be that as it may the red-headed wood- 
pecker does more good by the destruction of insects than 
harm by eating a little fruit or corn even. 
“No bird affords a better mark for wanton shooters 
than this beautiful bird. Thousands perish because they 
are a good mark for a rifle shot. 
“There used to be hundreds in Alabama where there 
is one now. When we destroy our friends, our enemies, 
the cotton worms, increase until their number is legion. 
“My country thou art doomed! The degraded African 
destroys every day with ruthless hand thy crown of trees, 
thy noble forests. Even the mockingbird does not escape 
the senseless, soulless negro. Not long after the war, I 
saw two negro boys with guns, both of them at least 
seventeen or eighteen years old. I asked one of them 
what he had in his bird-bag. He told me (I think) that 
