AVES. 119 



PICI. 



PICIDAE. 



Picus hirsutus Vieill. Audubon, Birds of Amer., 1842, vol. 4, 

 p. 268, pi. 269. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 14, fig. 12. 



Evergreen forests; nests in holes excavated in dead trees. 



ME. Rare winter visitor, and in north and west, a rare resident. 

 Eggs, June 2. 



N. H. Rare resident above 3000 ft., south to Sandwich range; 

 elsewhere rare winter visitor. Eggs, June 4. 



VT. Rare winter visitor and local resident (Pico Peak above 

 2500 ft.). 



MASS. Rare winter visitor. April 28. 



226. SPHYRAPICUS VARIUS (Linne") Baird. 



Yellow-bellied sapsucker; Red-throated sapsucker; Squealing 

 or Whining woodpecker. 



Picus varius Linne, Syst. nat., ed. 12, 1766, vol. 1, p. 176. "IN 

 AMERICA SEPTENTRIONALI." DeKay, Zool. New York, 1844, 

 vol. 2, p. 188, pi. 18, fig. 38; Bonaparte, Amer. ornith., 1825, vol. 

 1, pi. 8, figs. 1, 2. Egg, Capen, 1886, pi. 14, fig. 13. 



Woods, orchards, and shade trees; nests in holes excavated in 

 dead trees. 



ME. Common migrant and in northern counties a common 

 summer resident. (Mar. 8 and 31) April 10 Oct. 26 (Nov. 15). 

 Eggs, May 15- June 8. 



N. H. Common migrant and in northern half a common sum- 

 mer resident up to 3000 ft.; accidental winter resident (Charles- 

 town, 1898-99). April 14-Oct. 20 (winter). 



VT. Common migrant, less common summer resident. 



MASS. Uncommon migrant and accidental winter resident; in 

 Berkshire Co. a rare summer resident. April 4-May 10; summer; 

 Sept. 10-Nov. 1 (winter). 



R. I. Uncommon migrant. (Mar. 23)-April; Sept. 26-Oct. 11. 



CONN. Rare spring and uncommon fall migrant. Mar. 30- 

 May 3; Sept. 28-Oct. (Dec. 21, 1908, New Haven). 



