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Subgenus CENTURUS Swainson. 



*154. Melanerpes carolinus (Linn. ). RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER; " GUINEA WOOD- 

 PECKER." 



Resident throughout the State, more common in the southern portion. Pre- 

 fers the denser woodlands and most often to be sought upon the uplands. These 

 birds are quite shy and very suspicious. 



GENUS COLAPTES: SWAINSON. 



"155 Colaptes auratus (Linn.). FLICKER; YELLOW HAMMER ; HIGH-HOLE; GOLDEN- WINGED 

 WOODPECKER. 



Common throughout the State. Resident in numbers southward, but not 

 common in winters northward. Throughout fall, winter and early spring they are 

 gregarious and may be found feeding in companies upon the meadows and stub- 

 ble fields. 



ORDER MACROCHIRES. GOATSUCKERS; SWIFTS; ETC. 



SUBORDER CAPKIMULGI. GOATSUCKERS; ETC. 



FAMILY CAPRIMULGID^E. GOATSUCKERS ; ETC. 



GENUS ANTROSTOMUS GOULD. 



"156. Antrostomus carolinensis (Gmel.). CHUCK-WILL'S-WIDOW. 



A summer resident in the lower Wabaeh valley, perhaps not rare. Breeds. 

 (Ridgway.) Mr. Ridgway writes me concerning its occurrence: "I have both 

 seen the Chuck-will's-Widow and frequently heard its unmistakable note in Knox 

 County, immediately opposite Mt. Carmel," (111.) Mr. William Brewster was with 

 Mr. Ridgway, April 20, 1878, when they identified a bird of this species, which 

 hovered around their skiff that evening on the Indiana shore. 



Whip poor-will. 



* 157. Antrostomus vociferus ( Wils.). WHIP-POOR-WILL. 



A well known summer resident, arriving in Southern Indiana usually the 

 second week in April. They deposit their two eggs upon a few leaves in some 

 natural depression in the ground soon after they arrive. They do not appear as 

 numerous as they were some years ago, yet in nuitable localities several individuals 

 may be found of an evening cccupying the same limited thicket on some warm 

 hillside where they voice their characteristic note by the hour. 



