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Norman A. Wood 



Specimens were taken June 5 to July 8 at Pembina, and September i6 at Mouse 

 River. Judd, 1917, p. 19; summer resident of Turtle Mountains. Freeman, 1919, p. 

 13; common summer resident, April 4. 



Mr. Russell Reid reports that the species is sometimes seen during 

 migration. Specimens were taken on April 24 and May 5, 1920, near 



Bismarck. 



Many adults and young were observed in the Turtle Mountains from 

 July 30 to August; 7, 1920, and on June 5, 1921. I saw a nest in a big Cot- 

 tonwood tree on the Fargo College Campus in July, 192 1. This species is 

 considered injurious to trees, especially fruit trees, which it often girdles 

 with its punctures. 



158. Phlccotomiis pileatns abieticola (Bangs). Northern Pileated Wood- 



pecker. 

 The only specimens from North Dakota known to me are one in the 

 Williams Collection taken at Grafton, May 30, 1905, and another in the 

 Fargo College Museum, labelled Red River, October 16, 191 5, Henry Wil- 

 liams. This is a beneficial species, eating ants and all kinds of wood-boring 

 beetles and larvae. 



159. Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Linnscus). Red-headed Woodpecker. 

 CouES, 1878, p. 617; common along the Red and Upper Missouri rivers. A 



specimen was taken at Pembina, June 9, 1873. Judd. 1917, P- 19; rare; a straggler 

 from the Red River flight. 



This species was not seen at Devils Lake, but it was common at Medora 

 in June, 192 1, and was noted at Fargo, June 13, and at Grand Forks, July 

 21, 1921. 



160. Asyndcsnnts Icwisi Riley. Lewis's Woodpecker. 

 Schmidt, 1904; western and central North Dakota, rare. 



A mounted specimen is in the Williams Collection, taken at Neche, Pem- 

 bina County, October 13, 19 16, by Peter D. Heilly. 



161. Centurus carolinus (Linnaeus). Red-bellied Woodpecker. 



I am unable to find a published record from North Dakota. A skin of 

 a male taken in September, 1897, at Stump Lake, Nelson County, by Alfred 

 Eastgate, is in the Museum of Zoology Collection. It must be recorded as 

 a rare straggler in the state. 



162. Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs. Northern Flicker. 



CouES, 1878, p. 617; common along the Red and Mouse rivers and seen at Pem- 

 bina and Turtle Mountains. Specimens were taken from June 6 to September 3, 

 1873. HorFMAN, 1882, p. 401 ; saw no living or fresh specimen, but in the Great 

 Lodge of the Arickaras was a true auratus poorly mounted. Ridgway, 1914, p. 18: 

 east of Rocky Mountains except North Dakota and Minnesota. On page 20 he 

 refers the North Dakota form to C. a. horcalis. Judd, 1917, p. 19; common summer 

 resident. Turtle Mountains. 



This was found to be a ver}' common species at Devils Lake from May 

 3, 1 92 1, nesting in the ash forest and feeding on ants along the beaches of 



