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 gradually spreading, and oven at present, undoubtedly nests 

 in every county of the state. 



409, Centuruscarolinus ( Linn .) . Red-bellied Woodpecker. 



Prior to 1850, this species was reported as breed- 

 ing in Cumberland County by Messrs. Baird, and later (1370) 

 in Lancaster County, by Judge Libhart (Warren's Report). 

 Now it is found breeding only in the extreme southern tier 

 of counties from Adams west, and seems to be regular only in 

 portions of Washingt6n and Green Counties. During the 

 season of 1908, Mr. Wltmer Stone found a pair of these birds 

 apparently breeding in Pulton County. With this exception, 

 all the actual nesting records come from Washington and 

 Green Counties. Dr. Warren in his report records them as 

 breeding in Washington and mentions a nest found by Mr. 

 W. P. Warrich on March 25, 1833. More recently, Messrs. 

 J. Warren Jacobs and S. S. Dickey have found them breeding 

 regularly in the vicinity of Waynesburg, and have collected 

 a number of seta of eggs. 



412a. Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs . Northern Flicker. 



This is perhaps the most widely known woodpecker 

 in the state, occuring thruout the state as an abundant 

 breeder and remaining in many of the southern counties as a 



