1887.] [Hay, the Red-headed Woodpecker a Hoarder. 1 93 



were shot in June. Common in Concho County for two months in the 

 fall. 



126. Contopus richardsonii. Western Wood Pewee.— Two shot in 

 fall of 1886, in Concho County. 



127. Empidonax pusillus. Little Flycatcher.— Tolerably common 

 summer visitant. Breeds. Young shot. 



12S. Empidonax pusillus trailli. Traill's Flycatcher.— Spring 

 migrant in the western half of Concho County, and I believe it breeds — 

 a point I thought I had already ascertained, but as there may be some 

 doubt, I cannot positively record it yet as breeding. 



129. Empidonax minimus. Least Flycatcher. — Tolerably common 

 summer visitant. Abundant in fall. Have shot young ; no nests taken. 

 Arrival noted April 27, 1SS5. 



130. Empidonax hammondi. Hammond's Flycatcher. — Fall migrant. 

 Rare in Concho County ; tolerably common in Tom Green County and 

 the most abundant Empidonax across the Pecos River. 



131. Empidonax obscurus. Wright's Flycatcher.— Rare fall mi- 

 grant. Secured twice in Tom Green County. 



132. Otocoris alpestris arenicola. Desert Horned Lark.— Abundant 

 winter visitor. Arrives October 20 ; departs March 6. This is the only 

 Horned Lark noted for either county. None occur in summer to my 

 knowledge, although I have looked especially for them. 



( To be continued.) 



THE RED-HEADED WOODPECKER A HOARDER. 



BY O. P. HAY 



The Woodpeckers arc eminently an insect-eating family, and 

 their whole organization fits them for gaining access to situations 

 where the supply of their normal food is perennial, if not always 

 abundant. There are, however, in all probability, few members 

 of the group that will not, when opportunities are offered, fore- 

 go their accustomed animal diet and solace themselves on soft 

 fruits and luscious berries; and when the blasts blow cold, and 

 the soggy limb is frozen hard, and the larva no longer betrays 

 its location by its industry, the few Woodpeckers of the species 

 which brave our winters are, no doubt, glad to avail themselves 

 of such dry forms of nutriment as grains, seeds of grasses, and 

 the softer nuts. 



Notwithstanding the many sagacious traits exhibited by birds, 

 it is, to judge from the books, rather unusual for them to lay up 



