bull. 



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*154 Curvirostra Americana, Wilson, Common Crossbill, Trum- 





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Wilson, White 



bull. 



Section 2. Scansores. 

 Family Picadce. 



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156. Picus auratus, Audubon, Golden-winged Woodpecker, 

 Stratford and New Haven. 



157. P. pileatus, Wilson, Log Cock, Stratford and New 

 Haven. 



158. P. erythrocephalus, Wilson, Red-headed Woodpecker, 

 Stratford. Rare at New Haven* 



# 159. P. Oarolinus, Wilson, Red-bellied Woodpecker, Stratford. 



160. P. varius, Wils., Yellow-bellied Woodpecker, N.London. 



161. P. villosus, Wilson, Hairy Woodpecker, Stratford and 

 New Haven. 



162. P. pubescens, Wilson, Downy Woodpecker, common. 

 163. P. tridactylus, Bonaparte, Three-toed Woodpecker, 



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Family Cuculidcs. 



164. Coccyzus Americanus, Bonaparte, Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 

 Stratford and New Haven. 



low me here to suggest, that I imagine the manner of rearing by different fos- 

 ter parents, and of course different food, gives the young black-bird a somewhat 

 different appearance. This specimen of mine had more resemblance to a spar- 

 row, than many of that species I have seen, and even those raised by the song 



sparrow, which are the most common. 



*154. The common crossbill has been repeatedly seen in Trumbull, in this 

 county, by a Mr. Beers of this place, as he informs me. They were feeding very 

 fearlessly among the thick hemlocks, and were easily shot. 



*155. The white-winged crossbill is more common than the preceding species, 

 in Massachusetts and New York, and Mr. Nuttall says they are found as far south 

 as the middle states, and it is doubtless occasionally an inhabitant of Connecticut. 



*157. The log-cock, once common here, is much more rare at present, and this 

 is true of others of this family, except P. pubescens, which is still abundant, and 

 believed to be greatly injurious in taking the eap from young fruit trees. The 

 most healthy tree is the most liable to his attacks; and hence he is commonly 

 called sap-sucker. The immense number of little circular holes in the bark of 

 fruit trees, are all caused by this bird. 



*159. The red-bellied species I saw in Stratford, ascending an apple tree, on the 

 16th of October last, the only specimen I ever saw. 



*363. The three-toed woodpecker has been seen in Massachusetts, and Audubon 

 saw it as far south as Pennsylvania ; and probably it visits the northern parts of 

 Connecticut. 



