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Genus MELANERPES Swain. 



1S2 4<>(>-(4:53). 3Ielaneri)es erytliroce|)halus(Lw}i.). *Red-headed Woodpecker. 

 Exceedingly abundant; summer resident; April, rarely March, to Sept.; occasional in 

 winter; "'often found apparently lifeless in winter, Vjut recovers with warmth" (Dr. W. 

 C Brownell); throughout the state; "Mackinac Island"' (S. E. White); "common at 

 Iron Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); breeds abundantly; 

 nests as usual; eggs five to six; often destroys much fruit, especially cherries; eats 

 grain, especially corn; yet is our friend. Forbes found (Michigan Hort. Soc. Report, 

 1881, p. 204.) that 32 per cent of the food of these birds, which he examined, consisted 

 of canker worms. " I have seen this bird destroy the eggs of the Bluebird and Phoebe" 

 (S. E. White). 



18;5— l:()i)-(4:50). Melanerpes caroliniis {Linn.). *Red-bellied Woodpecker. 



Common, though rai'e, except in wooded fields: Southern Peninsula; found at all 



seasons; common from May to August; breeds; nests in May. in holes, often twenty 



inches deep, usually in rotten wood; eggs four to six. glossy white. See O. and O.. Vol. 



XVI, p. 48. 



Genus COLAPTES Swain. 



1S4— l:12-(-l:57). Colaptes aiiratiis (Lt>i?i.). *High Holder; Flicker; Yellow 

 Hammer; Golden-winged Woodpecker. 

 Formerly very abundant on the college campus, now less common; throughout the 

 state; April to Sept.; occasional at all seasons; reported from Benzie and Presque 

 Isle Counties and Thunder Bay; "very common in Grand Traverse County " (M. L. 

 Leach); "Mackinac Island" (S. E. White); "Keweenaw Point" (Kneeland); "thirty 

 miles north of Mackinaw" (A. H. Wood, O. and O., Vol. IX, p. 62); "common at Iron 

 Mountain" (E. E. Brewster); breeds abundantly; eggs glossy white, five to ten; if eggs 

 are removed daily this bird will often lay as many as thirty, which we have proved at 

 this place; J. B. Purdy in like way has taken twenty-seven from a nest; "feeds abund- 

 antly on ants, which it takes from the ground" (E. L. Moseley); "nests in holes, often 

 of apple trees, four to six feet from the ground " (Dr. J. B. Steere); Geo. D. Sones says 

 that this bird is often shot for the table. 



Order MACROCHIRES. Goatsuckers, Swifts, etc. 



Very valuable insectivorous birds. 



Suborder CAPRIMULCtI. Goatsuckers, etc. 



Family CAPRIMULGID.E. Goatsuckers, etc. 

 Feed wliolly on insects; all beneficial. 



Genus ANTROSTOMUS Gould. 



Whiii-poor-will, reduce' 



