262 COUES, BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND. 



Picus pubescens Linn. Downy Woodpecker. Resi- 

 dent, and everywhere abundant. 



No. 905, $. Essex Co. E. P. Emmerton, Nov. 27, 1854. 

 No. 906, ? . " " S. Jillson, 1858. 



Picoides arcticus Gray. Black - backed Three-toed 

 Woodpecker. Winter resident ; not known to breed 

 within the limits of New England. ("Probably breeds." 

 Calais, Me., Boardm., p. 122.) Extends through all 

 its States in winter, but is very rare or even accidental in 

 the southernmost. (Springfield, Mass., AIL, p. 52.) 



No. 901, $. Essex Co. 



No. 902, ?. " " S. Jillson, Nov. 21, 1855. 



Picoides hirsutus Gray. Banded Three-toed Wood- 

 pecker. A very rare winter visitant ; probably only 

 stragglers reach as far as Massachusetts. (Calais, Me., 

 G. A. Boardman, in Verr., p. 21. Mass., Brew., p. 

 437; Putn., p. 229; 8am., p. 4; AIL, p. 82.) 



Sphyrapicus varius Baird. Yellow-bellied Wood- 

 pecker. Summer resident. Common in most localities. 

 Extends northward into Canada. A few probably winter 

 in the more southern portions. 



No. 907, $, adult. Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1855. 

 No. 908, ?, adult. " " " " " 

 No. 909, $, young. " " " " " 



Hylotomus pileatus Baird. Pileated Woodpecker. 

 Black Log-cock. Generally distributed, and resident, in 

 all well-wooded portions of New England, though appa- 

 rently nowhere abundant. It is a shy, wild, and retiring 

 species, and one that disappears more rapidly than almost 

 any other with the clearing away of forests. 



No. 887, $ , adult. New Hampshire. 



Centurus Carolinus Swains. Red-bellied Woodpecker. 

 A rare and perhaps only accidental summer visitor to the 

 more southern portions. (Western Mass., "breeding," 

 Emm. Springfield "accidental, May 13, 1863," AIL, p. 

 53. "Said to be unknown in the eastern part of the 

 State," Peab., p. 336. "One specimen, Stratford, Conn., 

 Oct. 16, 1842," Lins., p. 263. Omitted from Sam. 

 O. O.) I do not find it recorded from Maine or New 

 Hampshire. 



No. 904, $, adult. Locality unknown. 



