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Genus Ceophlceus Cabanis. 



181. (405a). Ceophloiiis pileatus abieticola^dM'gs. Northern Pile- 



ated Woodpecker. 



The Northern Pileated Woodpecker was formerly a not uncom- 

 mon resident in heavily timbered portions of Iowa, and an indi- 

 vidual or isolated pair is still occasionally reported from localities 

 where belts of native timber yet remain. Thomas Say noted it 

 at Engineers' Cantonment February 28, 1820 (lyong's Exp., i, 

 265-269), and Audubon, near the mouth of the Big Sioux, Octo- 

 ber I, 1843 (Journals, ii, p. 170). F. V. Hayden says: "We often 

 met with it along the wooded bottoms of the Missouri, especially 

 in the state of Missouri, and in Kansas and Iowa" (Trans. Am. 

 Phil. Soc, xii, 1863, p. 155-56). 



County records: Blackhawk — "rare migrant" (Peck). Boone 

 — "have only collected one specimen. About ten years ago a pair 

 stayed in the heavy timber along the Des Moines River" (Hen- 

 ning). Decatur — "seen once or twice in spring" (Trippe, Proc. 

 Bost. Soc, XV, 1872, p. 233). Henry — "three specimens noted in 

 heavy timber near Big Cedar Creek, Sept. 15, 1894" (D.E. Savage). 

 Kossuth — "two birds six miles south of Algona, now, 1905" 

 (Bingaman). Eee — "resident; now scarce" (Praeger); "resident; 

 very rare" (Currier); (Parker, Am. Nat., v, 1871, p. 169). Linn — 

 "rare resident" (Berry); "pair near Cedar Rapids during summer 

 of 1894" (Bailey). Polk — "rare summer resident" (Johnson). 

 Van Buren — "resident; tolerably common" (W.G. Savage). Win- 

 neshiek — "shot one bird Feb. 29, 1896, the only record of its oc- 

 currence" (Smith). Woodbury — "Probably accidental. One 

 was shot along Big Sioux River and mounted about ten or twelve 

 years ago " (Rich). 



Genus Melanerpes Swainson. 



182. (406). Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Linn.). Red-headed 



Woodpecker. 

 The Red-headed Woodpecker is a common summer resident in 

 Iowa and a few individuals occasionally remain through the win- 

 ter, but not regularly. Their occurrence in winter seems to be 

 dependent upon food supply rather than temperature, for I 

 observed a single specimen all winter at Forest City during the 



