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55. Dryobates pubescens medianus. Downy Woodpecker. — 

 Very common throughout both states except in the wilder mountainous 

 sections where it is much less plentiful. Data on thirty-two nests give: 

 average set, 5 (3-6); average date, May 14 (May 1-June 2). 



56. Sphyrapicus varius varius. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. — 

 I have found this species nowhere a common summer resident of Pennsyl- 

 vania and confined to the highest and most boreal parts of Warren, Pike, 

 Wayne and Monroe Counties. I question the statement in Warren's 

 ' Birds of Pennsylvania,' that it breeds in Cumberland County, as his 

 informant probably confused this with one of the preceding species, all 

 three being confused in the popular mind. I found a nest at Pocono 

 Lake, Monroe County on June 17, 1908, but with the set not completed, 

 and another at South Sterling, Wayne County, with a set of four eggs, on 

 June 11, 1917. 



57. Phloeotous pileatus abieticola. Northern Pileated Wood- 

 pecker. — Still breeds regularly though locally in the wilder mountainous, 

 sections of Pennsylvania, from Monroe, Wayne and Pike Counties to War- 

 ren and south to Huntington; also in Greene County, along the West Vir- 

 ginia line. Steadily decreasing in numbers. I have found five nests: 

 1. Shingletown, Center Co., Pa., May 2, 1912; two eggs. 2. Monroe 

 Furnace, Huntington Co., Pa., May 8, 1913; four eggs. 3. LaAnna, 

 Pike Co., Pa., May 18, 1913; four eggs. 4. Mooresville, Huntington 

 Co., Pa., May, 15, 1914; four eggs. 5. Charter Oak, Huntington Co. 

 Pa., May 11, 1917; four eggs. 



58. Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Red-headed Woodpecker. — 

 Scarce and very local in New Jersey and very rare in the southern half 

 of the state, where I have seen them in Camden, and Burlington Counties 

 and once in Gloucester. In Pennsylvania it is locally distributed breeding 

 in the east from Chester and Delaware Counties to Pike. It is rare in the 

 northern and mountainous regions being there confined to burnt-over 

 districts or to water killed trees in ponds. It is resident and very common 

 in Center County but west of the Alleghanies I have found it only in Warren 

 County. Data on twenty-eight nests give: average set, 5 (3-6); average 

 date, June 3 (May 24-July 11). 



59. Centurus carolinus. Red-bellied Woodpecker. — A scarce 

 but regular breeder in Washington and Greene Counties in the southwest- 

 ern corner of Pennsylvania. A set of four eggs in my collection was taken 

 in Green County on May 3, 1907. 



60. Colaptes auratus luteus. Northern Flicker. — Breeds abun- 

 dantly throughout both states, becoming scarcer in the wilder mountainous 

 districts, where however it nests in slashings miles from civilization. Data 

 on one hundred and sixteen nests give: average set, 7 (5-13) ; average date, 

 May 12 (April 24- June 16). 



61. Antrostomus vociferus vociferus. Whip-poor-will. — Com- 

 mon breeder in less settled sections throughout New Jersey, occurring in 

 the greatest numbers in the swamps of Cape May, Atlantic, Burlington 

 and Cumberland Counties. In Pennsylvania I have found it commonly 



