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pog and Rat Portage, also about Lake Winnipeg in the spruce woods 

 (Dr. Arthur S. Thompson). Mr. Hine showed nie a f-pecinieu taken at 

 Prince Albert; two seen at Rat Portage (Thompson). 



On October 10, at Rat Portage, a Pileated Wood[)ecker was shot by 

 W. S. Thompson ; male ; length ISi, extent 29 ; stomach full of ants. 

 In the afternoon saw another in an elevated ))iece of burnt woods. 



There is auothor species of Woodpeckers, tbe size of a migratory pigeon, with a 

 blooming crimson crown. They inhabit the interior part of Hudson's Bay. The 

 skins of Iheir head are used by the trading natives to ornament their calimats. 

 Also describes a specimen. It was shot in January at Gloucester House in latitude 

 r>0^' 31' N., longitude 96^ 3' W., and 387 miles up Albany River. Makes a nest in the 

 holes of trees; lays six eggs and brings forth its young in June. (Hutchius MSS. 

 Observation on Hudson Bay, 17K2. ) 



140. Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Red-headed Woodpecker. 



Rare summer resident; common at Pembina (Cones). Winnipeg: 

 Summer resident; tolerably common ; one or two i)air seen each season 

 (Hine). Very rare summer visitor; May- 31, 1885, saw one bird near 

 the town (Portage la Prairie) and a day or two afterwards saw the 

 same bird or another near the same spot (Nash). Carberry : Rare; 

 summer resident (Thompson). 



Red-headed Woodpecker. * * * This bird is uncommon in these parts (Albany), 

 as I conclude from the ignorance of the natives in general concerning it. Perhaps 

 this is the fjirthest pare of its migration. (Hutchius MSS., Observations on Hudson 

 Bay, 1782.) 



141. Colaptes auratus. Flicker. Highholder. Golden-winged Woodpecker. 



Very abundant ; summer resident wherever there is timber; com- 

 mon along Red and Mouse Rivers ; also observed at Pembina and 

 Turtle Mountains (Cones). Dufterin : Arrived between April 15 and 

 20 (Dawson). In a Selkirk Settlement specimen the belly is tinged 

 with pale sulphur yellow, the back with olivaceous green (Ridgway). 

 Winnipeg: Summer resident; abundant (Hine). Nelson River: In 

 immense numbers at Red River Settlement, April 26, 1859 (Blakiston). 

 Ossowa : Breeding (Wagner). Oak Point: 1885, first seen, one, on 

 April 21 ; next seen on 22d ; is common and breeds here (Small). Por- 

 tage la Prairie: Abundant; summer resident; arrives about April 20 ; 

 departs early in 0(!tober (Nash). Common throughout the Wiune- 

 pegoses region and along the Assiniboine wherever there were trees ; 

 Red Deer Lake, August 20 (Macoun). Carberry: Abundant; sum- 

 mer resident; breeding; Rat Portage (Thompson). Dalton : 1889, 

 first seen, one, on April 12; next seen, April 13; became common on 

 April 15; breeds here (Youmans). Shell River: 1885, first seen, two, 

 on April 27; afterwards seen everyday; is common all summer, and 

 breeds here (C^lcutt). Qu'Appelle: ('ommon ; summer resident; ar- 

 rives April 25 (Guernsey), 'front Lake: One of the woodpeckers, but, 

 as it feeds on ants and therefore does not require so much labor to get 



