THE NATURAL HISTORY SURVEY. Ill 



parks, the noise of the cable lines and traffic teams apparently not 

 disturbing them in the least. They arrive early in April from 

 the south and remain with us until the middle of May. During 

 their fall migration they appear in September and depart in 

 October. Mr. E. W. Nelson says that "the males in spring 

 often have the white nuchal band tipped with red much as in var. 

 nuchal is. In the collection of Mr. C. X. Holden is a fine specimen 

 obtained at Chicago, which has the red extending over the head 

 and neck much like the distribution of color in Sphyrapicus ruber, 

 but of a much lighter shade." 



The breeding range of this species is from the northern 

 United States northward and in winter they migrate southward 

 to the West Indies and through Mexico to Costa Rica. 



Genus CEOPHLCEUS Cabanis, 1862. 



Ceophlceus pileatus abieticola Bangs. Northern Pileated Woodpecker. 

 Pious pileatus LINNAEUS, S. N., ed. 10, I, 1758, 113 (in part). 

 Hylatomus pileatus BAIBD, B. N. Amer., 1858, 107 (in part). 

 Ceophlceus pileatus CABANIS, Jour, fur Orn., 1862, 176 (in part). 

 Ceophlceus pileatus abieticola BANGS, Auk, XV, April, 1898, 176. 

 Popular synonyms: WOODCOCK. LOGCOCK. BLACK WOODCOCK OB 

 LOGCOCK. 



The only records I have of the occurrence of this species with- 

 in our limits are the following. Mr. Robert Kennicott places it 

 in his list of Cook County birds with the following notation: 

 "Rare. Not uncommon formerly. Numerous in southern Illinois." 

 Mr. E. W. Nelson says: "A rare winter visitant. Two speci- 

 mens were taken near Chicago during the winter of 1873." Mr. 

 George Clingman reports the taking of a specimen at Half Day, 

 Illinois, on December 30, 1893. Mr. J. Graf ton Parker and my- 

 self observed this species at Kouts, Indiana, during the months 

 of June and December, 1896. 



The range of this Woodpecker includes the heavily wooded 

 districts from the southern Alleghanies northward. 



Genus MELANERPES Swainson, 1831. 



Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Linna3us). Red-headed Woodpecker. 



Picus erythrocephalus LINN.EUS, S. N., ed. 10, I, 1758, 113. 

 llelanerpes erythrocephalus SWAINSON, in Sw. & Rich., Fauna Bor. 

 Amer., II, 1831, 316. 



