74 BIRDS OF MAINE. 



"common summer resident"' (Sanborn) ; Knox, "■migrant*" (Rackliff") ; 

 Oxford, "breeds commonly"" (Nash) ; Penobscot, "quite common sum- 

 mer resident, very common migrant"" (Knight) ; Piscataquis, "abundant 

 summer resident"" (Whitman) ; Sagadahoc, "common migrant"' (Spin- 

 ney) ; Somerset, "common summer resident"" (Morrell) ; AValdo, "rare" 

 (Spratt) ; Washington, "common summer resident'" (Boardmau). 



Genus CEOPHLCEUS Cabanis. 



181. (405). Ceophloeus pileatus (Linn.). Pileated Wood- 

 pecker. 



Formerly quite comiiiou, but uow its center of abundance is 

 coincident with the heavily timbered and unsettled portions. It is 

 resident, and breeds wherever found throughout the wilder parts 

 of the state. 



County Records. — Androscoggin, "rare resident"" (Johnson) ; Aroos- 

 took, "common at Houlton"" (Batchelder, Bull. Xutt. Orn. Club, Vol. 7, 

 p. 1.50) ; Cumbei'land, "common resident"" (Mead) ; Franklin, "rare resi- 

 dent"" (Swain) ; Hancock, "resident"" (Murch) ; Kennebec, "very rare 

 resident"' (Dill) ; Oxford, "breeds rarely (Nash) ; Penobscot, "fairly 

 common resident in the unsettled parts of the county" (Knight) ; Piscat- 

 aquis, "common resident" (Homer) ; Somerset, "rare resident" (Mor- 

 rell) ; Waldo, "rare"" (Spratt) ; Washington, "not uncommon resident" 

 (Boardman) ; York, "a few seen yearly"" (Adams). 



Genus MELANERPES Swaiusou. 

 Subgenus MELANERPES. 



182. (406). Melauerpes erythrocephalus (Linn.). Red- 

 headed "Woodpecker. 



A rare summer resident of some parts of the state, more common 

 in the autumn migration than at any other season, and even then 

 it is quite rare. 



County Records. — Androscoggin, (Pike) ; Cumberland, "rare, irregu- 

 lar transient"" (Brown"s Cat. Birds of Portland, p. 19) ; Franklin, "rare" 

 (Richards) ; Kennebec, (Larrabee) ; Knox, "occasional visitant'" (Rack- 

 lift) ; Oxford, "visitant" (Nash) ; Penobscot, "very rare, has been 

 taken in July" (Knight) ; Piscataquis, "rare" (Homer) ; Sagadahoc, 

 "rare, only three specimens, all in fall" (Spinney) ; ^V^ashington, "very 

 rare" (Boardmau); York, "breeds sparingly" (Adams). 



