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Vigo County: May 3 and 15, 1888. 
Carroll County: May 11, 1878, one taken; May 13, 1882, May 16, 1883, 
May 30, 1884, and May 20, 1885, noted. 
96. CERYLE ALCYON (Linnieus). BELTED KINGFISHER. (390) 
Common summer resident, arriving quite early in the spring soon after the 
ice goes off, and remaining until late in the fall; a few sometimes remain 
in favorable situations all winter. 
Carroll County: Common along the Wabash and all the creeks, nesting 
in all suitable banks. Mareh 4, 1878, one taken on Deer Creek near 
Camden; March 5, 1879, one noted; May 17. 1883, one noted on Deer Creek ; 
April 3, 1885, first of season seen near Camden; May 18, nest with six well 
incubated eggs; May 21, noted. 
Vigo County: Several pairs could always be seen each summer along 
the river near Terre Haute, and one pair at the gravel-pit east of town; 
March 31, 1888, noted. 
Monroe County: Not common, doubtless because of the few streams. 
97. DRYOBATES VILLOSUS VILLOSUS (Linnzeus). 
HAIRY WOODPECKER. (393) 
A fairly common resident, seen in the edge of woodlands where there are 
old dead trees and snags; also about the barn-lots and orchards; less abun- 
dant than the Downy and not so confiding or well known. Perhaps about 
equally common in all three counties. 
Carroll County: February 15, 1879, noted near Camden; March 18, 1885, 
observed to be very common in Deer Creek bottoms above Camden. In the 
winter of 1884-5, one or more individuals might be seen in Carroll County 
almost any day. 
Monroe County: Quite common, especially in the spring. 
Vigo County: Noted practically every time I went to the woods. 
98. DRYOBATES PUBESCENS MEDIANUS (Swainson). 
DOWNY WOODPECKER. (594¢) 
A common and familiar permanent resident, perhaps, next to the Red- 
head, the best known of all our woodpeckers. The Downy is a cheery little 
bird, quite tolerant and unsuspicious of man, coming about our orchards 
and yards and making itself very much at home. I would say it is about 
equally common in all three counties. Nesting in late April to early June. 
Carroll County: February 15, 1879. noted at Camden; May 28, 1883, a 
nest in a hole in an old apple tree near Camden with five young nearly able 
to fly; March 18, 1885, observed to be very common in the Deer Creek bot- 
toms near Camden. Noted November 11, 1906, on an elm near her home 
in Burlington, by Miss Ava Evermann who saw another Downy December 
31, in a maple on the street. 
Monroe and Vigo Counties: Equally common and well known. 
99. SPHYRAPICUS VARIUS VARIUS (Linnieus). 
YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER. (402) 
A rather infrequent fall and spring visitant, sometimes a winter visitor. 
In Monroe County frequently seen in late fall and early spring; one noted 
March 26, 1886. In Vigo County apparently less frequent. Perhaps more 
