448 Merriam, The King Cameos of Audubon. [oct. 



aurafus lu(eus). At the latitude of the coast the winter influx usually 

 occurs October 10. The last winter visitors leave the coast the last of 

 March. On the whole, flickers are commoner in upland and piney regions 

 in Louisiana than in the lowlands. The Flicker is for the most part a 

 woodland species in Louisiana. It is sometimes common in tree-dotted 

 fields and pastures, however, and not infrequently breeds in such situations. 



184. Northern Flicker {Colaptes auratus luteus). While, as sug- 

 gested in the notes on the preceding, this subspecies is undoubtedly a 

 common winter visitor, to Mr. A. H. Howell and Mr. P. A. Taverner is due 

 the credit for the only definite records. I quote from Mr. Howell's notes 

 (Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash., Vol. XXI, 1908, pp. 119-124): "Occurs in small 

 numbers in all timbered regions [of northwestern Louisiana]: particularly 



common at Lecompte Taken also at Mansfield, April 27, 1907 



The only previous record of the Northern Flicker from Louisiana appears 

 to be that given by P. A. Taverner of a tagged Iowa bird shot at Many, De- 

 cember 25, 1905 (Auk, XXIII, 1906, p. 232)." 



185. Gilded Flicker (Colaptes chrysoides). The Gustave Kohn col- 

 lection, recently added to the Tulane University Museum, contains a 

 male of this species, labelled Deer Range Plantation, Plaquemine Parish, 

 December, 1863. It has some trace of red on the primarj^ cjuills, and some 

 sub-basal black spots on the red feathers of the mustache. 



THE KIXG CAMEOS OF AUDUBON. 



BY C. HART MERRIAar. 



Plate ni. 



Through the courtesy of O. Atkins Fanvell of Detroit and 

 Frederic H. Kennard of Boston I am enabled to lay before the 

 readers of 'The Aiik' photographic reproductions of two cameos 

 of John James Audubon. Both photographs are from casts of 

 intaglios cut bv John C. King, a Scotch artist and sculptor of 

 Boston. 



The cameo shown in the Farwell photograph was cut in 1844, 

 and the photograph was presented by the sculptor to Mr. Farwell's 

 father in 1871. Mr. Farwell, who kindly called my attention to the 

 existence of the cameo and sent me the photograph, has also con- 



