BIRDS OF SPRINGFIELD, MASS., ETC. f>8 



28 Sphyropicus varins Baird. Yellow-bellied Woodpeck- 

 er. Not common, and only seen ,in fall and spring when mi- 

 grating. I have never seen this species in summer, and do not 

 think it breeds here, though they breed plentifully on the hills 

 in Western Massachusetts, twenty or thirty miles west of 

 Springfield. (W. H. Niles.) 



29. Centurtt s carollnus Bonap. Red-bellied Woodpecker. 

 Summer visitant. Accidental. Saw one May 13th, 1863. It 

 has been taken several times in Connecticut, but occurs in New 

 England only as a straggler. Found in the breeding season in 

 Western Massachusetts by Prof. Emmons. (Peabody's Rep. on 

 the Birds of Mass.) 



30. Melanerpes erythrocephalus Swain. Red-headed 

 Woodpecker. Very rare summer visitant. Have taken but 

 two specimens in five or six years. Three were taken in 1860 

 by Messrs. Bennett and Hyde. A few are still known to breed 

 within about twenty miles, in several directions, (at Amherst, 

 Mass., C. W. Bennett.) Twenty-five or thirty years ago they 

 were very abundant here. 



31. Colaptes auralus Swain. Golden- winged Woodpecker. 

 " Yellow Hammer." " Wakeup." Summer visitant, breeding 

 very abundantly. Arrives about the first of April or last week 

 in March ; leaves about October 12th. 



32. TrocMlus colubris Linn. Humming Bird. Common 

 summer visitant, breeding plentifully. ' Arrives early in May, 

 and in August is very abundant wherever the Impatiens fulva 

 abounds, 



33. Chcetura pelasgia Steph. Chimney Swift. " Chim- 

 ney Swallow." Abundant. Usually arrives about the first of 

 May, but are frequently seen the last week in April ; greater 

 part leave early in September, but some often remain till the mid- 

 dle of September, and even sometimes till near the first of Oc- 

 tober. Arrives earlier and commonly remains later than any of 

 the true Swallows, except perhaps Hirundo bicolor. Raises 

 two broods, the last young sometimes not leaving the nest be- 

 fore August 15th or 20th. 



34. Antrostomus vocifcrus Bonap. Whip-poor- Will. Com- 

 mon summer visitant, arriving about April 25th. A few of the 

 males are musical till into September; have heard them 

 throughout the summer till September 25th, about which time 

 they leave us. 



