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Norway pines in my yard have been girdled until they became puny, sickly trees 

 and were cut down, and one tree was so girdled about two-thirds its height from 

 the ground that it was broken off during a wind-storm. I am indebted to Mrs. 

 Jane L. Hine for some very interesting notes on this species. She says that she 

 first observed them in summer, in Dekalb County in 1888, and that year they were 

 very common. She mentions seeing their young more often than those of any 

 other woodpecker that summer. In the spring of that year Mrs. Hine, who is a 

 faithful observer of nature and a careful recorder of her observations, while 

 spending a day in the woods, was attracted by the actions of a Yellow-bellied 

 Woodpecker which had tapped a young tree near its top. It would sip the sap 

 and then wait for it to collect, and feed again. This was continued for several 

 hours. The observer watched the bird from 10 o'clock in the morning until S in 

 the evening, and left the woodpecker just where she first saw it. It had not moved 

 more than a yard from the hole in the entire seven hours. Since 1888 they have 

 bred rarely, if at all, in Dekalb County. 



Genos CEOPHLCEUS Cabanis. 

 "152. Ceophloeus pileatus (iim.). Pileated Woodpecker. 



Foot of Pileated Woodpecker, nat. size. 



Formerly tolerably common resident; now extinct in many localities and 

 rare in all others. Breeds. None have been seen in Franklin County for twenty 

 years or more, and probably none are now to be found in the Whitewater Valley. 

 It has been reported as present, but rare, in the following counties within the past 

 few years: Monroe (Evermann, Blatchley), Vigo (Jenkins), Drkalb (McBride), 

 Porter (Trouslot), Decatur (Shannon), Starke (Coale, Dury), Allen (Stockbridge), 

 Gibson and Knox (Ridgway). Many are the interesting accounts given of these 

 birds by the older citizens, who knew them as " Logcock," " Black Woodcock" and 

 " Woodcock." 



Gexus MELANERPES Swaikson. 



, Subgenus Melaneepes. 



153. Melanerpes erythrocephalus (ii«n.). Red-headed Woodpecker. 



A well known common species. Throughout the northern half of the State 

 it is common from March to November usually, but it ia occasionally also seen in 

 winter. In Southern Indiana it is a resident most years, but it occasionally hap- 

 pens that few or none are seen in winter. In Southeastern Indiana they are not 

 often noted in the river valleys in winter, but among the timber of the higher 

 lands may usually be found, descending to the lower lands in February and 

 March. 



