THE NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY. KX) 



Coccyzus erythrophthalmus BONAPAETE, Journ. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phila- 

 delphia, III, ii, 1824, 367. 

 Popular synonym: RAIN CROW. 



This Cuckoo is a summer resident, but it is not as plentiful 

 as the yellow-billed species and is often confounded with it. It 

 also arrives and departs at about the same time as the latter 

 species. 



Its range includes eastern North America, west to the Rocky 

 mountains and it breeds northward as far as Labrador and Mani- 

 toba. In winter it migrates southward as far as the valley of 

 the Amazon River. 



FAMILY ALCEDINnXE: KINGFISHERS. 

 Genus CERYLE Boie, 1828. 



Ceryle alcyon (Linneaeus). Belted Kingfisher. 



Alcedo alcyon LINN^US, S. N., ed. 10, I, 1758, 115. 

 Ceryle alcyon BOIE, Isis, 1828, 316. 



The Belted Kingfisher, commonly called Kingfisher, is a 

 common summer resident, arriving early in April and departing 

 in October. 



Its range includes the whole of North America from the 

 Arctic Ocean south to Panama and the West Indies. It breeds 

 throughout the United States and northward. 



ORDER PICI: WOODPECKERS. 



FAMILY PICID^J: WOODPECKERS. 

 Genus DRYOBATES Boie, 1826. 



Dryobates villosus (Linnaeus). Hairy Woodpecker. 

 Picus villosus LINN.EUS, S. N., ed. 12, I, 1766, 175. 

 Dryobates villosus CABANIS, Mus. Hem., IV, ii, June 15, 1863, 66. 

 Popular synonym : BIG SAPSUCKEB. 



This species is a common resident in the northern portion of 

 our area, but is rather rare in the southern portion. It nests 

 abundantly in the vicinity of Glen Ellyn, Illinois. 



The range of this species includes the northern and middle 

 portions of the United States and the more southern portions of 

 the British Possessions from the Atlantic coast to the Great 

 Plains. 



Dryobates pubescens medianus (Swainson), Downy Woodpecker. 

 Picus pubescens LINN^US, S. N., ed. 12, I, 1766, 175 (in part). 



