24 ANNOTATED LIST OF BIRDS 



171HS (Wils,). Common summer resident, — see preceding 

 species. BL ii 65, M 321, W 150. 



390. Belted Kingfisher — Ceryle alcyon (Linn.). 

 Rather common summer resident, Mar. 17-Oct. Wooded 

 shores of streams and ponds. Nest, a horizontal hole in 

 sand-bank; May. BL ii 62, M 317, W 149. 



393. Hairy Woodpecker — Dry abates villosus 

 (Linn.). Irregular and usually scarce fall and winter visi- 

 tant; rarely a summer resident (Faxon). Mr. Torrey has 

 found it nesting in Natick. Groves and woodlands. BL 

 ii 71, M 333, W 147. 



394c. Downy Woodpecker — Dryohates piibescens 

 mediatttis (Swains.). (The male is sometimes erroneously 

 called " Red-headed Woodpecker.") Common resident. 

 Orchards and woodlands. Nest, a hole in tree, 3-20 ft.; 

 May. BL ii 72, M 335, W 146. 



400. Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker, Black-backed 

 Three-toed Woodpecker — Pkoides ai-diciis (Swains.). 

 Very rare fall and winter visitant from North. Mr. Bab- 

 cock has a specimen taken in Sherborn probably about 

 1870; Sudbury, Dec. 16, 1893, — A. W. Morse; both on 

 pine-trees. BL ii 74, M 332. 



402. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker — Sphyrapicus va- 

 rius (Linn.). Scarce migrant, Apr. and Oct. Orchards 

 and groves. BL ii 'jd, M 329. 



405 . Pileated Woodpecker — Ceophlmis pileatus 

 (Linn.). Very rare or accidental fall and winter visitant 

 from North. One reported seen at So. Sherborn about 

 1894 by F. A. Sylvester. BL ii 69, M 337. 



406. Red-headed Woodpecker — Mela?ierpes erythro- 

 cephalus (Linn.). Scarce and irregular fall and winter visi- 

 tant. Sometimes two or three are taken in fall, both young 

 and old. BL ii 80, M 327. 



