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191. 3l€laner2J€S eri/fJirorepJial us (Linn.). Red- 



headed Woodpecker. 



Breeding Range — Eastern U. S. to the Rocky Mts., but rare east of ihe 



Hudson and Delaware rivers. 

 "Winter Distribution — Irregularly throughout the breeding range, but 

 mainly in the Southern States. 



Summer resident, but of irregular distribution. Most common in 

 Pennsylvania along the valleys of the Susquehanna, Braiulywine and 

 upper Schuylkill. Rare about Philadelphia, and very rare in New 

 Jersey (at least south of the mountainous portion). Arrives April 

 10-May 9 and departs October 7-23. One specimen was secured by 

 S. N. Rhbads at Haddonfield, N. J., December 2, 1880, and one or 

 two others have been reported in winter. 



192. 3Ielanerj)es carolinus (Linn.). Red-bellied 



Woodpecker. 



Breeding Range — Southern States, rare north of Chesapeake Bay 



(much farther north west of the Alleghanies). 

 Winter Distribution — About the same. 



Rare and irregular straggler, occurring mostly in winter. All the 

 captures that have come under our notice have been in C^hester and 

 Delaware counties, Pa.* Dr. AYarren records five specimens 

 secured by him in this jjart of the State, and there are several in the 

 collection of the Academy of Natural Sciences from the same 

 vicinity. Two specimens were also taken at Kimbleville, Chester 

 county, by Mr. S. N. Rhoads, January 1, 1880, December 8, 1881, 

 and two in northern New Jersey, i. e., Keyport, November 23, 1887 

 (^Foster — Forest S)- Stream, XXIX., p. 363), and Newton, November 

 16, 1889 {Lewis — Auk, 1890). We know of no record of the breed- 

 ing of this species in eastern Pennsylvania or New Jersey. 



193. Colajytes auratiis (Linn.). Flicker. 



Breeding Range — Eastern N. A., westward to the Plains. 

 Winter Distribution — Mainly south of the .Middle States. 

 Abundant summer resident March 2o-October 25 ; a few also 

 occur every winter in the vicinity of Philadelphia and in southern 

 New Jersey. 



* In southwestern Pennsylvania this species is a common breeder. Mr. J. 

 G. Dillin also secured a specimen in Bedford county, November 24, 1893 [Coll. 

 Witmer Stone). 



