THE NORTHERN PILEATED WOODPECKER. 351 
does not remain anywhere to nest with us. The species is unique among our 
Woodpeckers, in that it is strictly migratory, while the Red-head, our only 
other migratory species, frequently breaks the rules and stays the year around. 
The Sapsucker may breed northerly, since it is known to do so in Indiana, but 
no authentic reports have come in for Ohio. It winters casually in the south- 
ern part of this state, and has appeared at that season as far north as McCon- 
nelsville. 
No. 154. 
NORTHERN PILEATED WOODPECKER. 
A. O. U. No. 405 a. Ceophlceus pileatus abieticola Bangs. 
Synonym.—L,occock. 
Description.—Adult male: General plumage sooty black, lusterless save 
on wings and back; whole top of head and lengthened crest bright red; red malar 
stripes changing to black behind, and separating white spaces; chin and upper 
throat white; also a white stripe extending from nostrils and below eye to nape, 
and produced downward and backward to shoulder; a narrow white stripe over 
and behind eye; lining and edge of wing, and a large spot ‘nearly concealed) at 
base of primaries, white; black feathers of sides sparingly white-tipped; bill dark 
plumbeous above, lighter below, save at tip; feet black. Aduit female: Similar, 
but black on forehead, and black instead of red malar stripes. Length 15.50-19.00 
(393-7-482.6) ; wing 8.50-10.00 (215.9-254.); tail 5.85-7.40 (148.6-188.) ; head 
4.50-5.50 (114.3-139.7) ; bill 1.75-2.65 (44.5-67.3). 
Recognition Marks.—Largest size; black, white and red on head in stripes; 
body mainly black. 
Nest, high in trees. Eggs, 4-6, white. Av. size, 1.29 x .94 (32.8 x 23.9). 
General Range.—Formerly the heavily wooded regions of North America 
south of about latitude 63°, except in the southern Rocky Mountains. Now 
rare or extirpated in the more settled parts of the Eastern States. 
Range in Ohio.—Rare and locally restricted. Reported recently from Ash- 
tabula County, Morgan County, lower Scioto, and Little Miami Rivers, etc. 
IF the “curse of beauty” be added to that of large size, the destruction 
of a bird is foredoomed in this age of automatic shot-guns and unappointed 
game wardens. ‘This magnificent black Woodpecker, once common through- 
out the heavily timbered areas of our own and adjacent states, has almost 
disappeared before the industrious axe and the all-conquering gun. The bird 
has been recently reported only by Robert J. Sim, of Jefferson, and in “Middle 
Southern Ohio,” by Rev. W. F. Henninger. In an interesting communi- 
cation, to which I am indebted for an account of the bird’s habits, Mr. Sim 
