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^cSj. Coccy^us ainericanus (I/inn. ). Vellow- 

 BiLivED CiTCKOO. Irrej^ular summer resident ; some years it 

 is rather common, and in others there are few, if any, here. 



388. Coccyzus erythrophthalmus (Wils. ). Black- 

 billed Cl'CKOO. Commcjn and regular summer residen.t. 



390. Ceryle alcyon (I/inn. ). IjElted Kin(;flsher. 

 Common summer and rare winter resident. 



393. Dryobates villosus (I/inn. ). Hairy Wood- 

 pecker. A rather unconnnon summer and winter resident ; 

 in late autumn I have occasionally found them quite numer- 

 ous. 



394 r Dryobates pubescens medianus (Swains.). 



DowxY \\''ooDPECKER. A commoii winter and summer resi- 

 dent. 



400. Picoides arcticus (Swains.). Arctic Three- 

 toed Woodpecker. A rare winter resident. It has been 

 taken at East Windsor and Simsbury, Ct., (see Merriam's 

 Birds of Connecticut, page 64, ) a pair at Westfield, (see 

 Allen's Rarer Birds of Massachu.setts, ) and also on Mt. 

 Nonotuck by Mr. William Street. 



402. Sphyrapicus varius (I/inn.). Yellow-bellied 

 Sapsucker. Tolerably common during its migration, both in 

 the spring and in the autumn ; in April, 1898, it was unusually 

 numerous. Dr. J. A. Allen reported it as an accidental sum- 

 mer visitor. 



405 a Ceophloeus pileatus abieticola Bangs. 



Northern Pileated Woodpecker. A rare resident, found 

 in the well-wooded portion of the extreme western part of 

 Hampden county. Dr. J. A. Allen, in his "Rarer Birds of 

 Massacliu.setts," says that Mr. J. G. Scott informed him that 

 he had taken three specimens near Westfield, and that Dr. 

 Wood writes that one was killed at East Windsor about 1859. 



