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89. DRYOBATES PUBESCENS PUBESCENS (Linnseus). 

 SOUTHERN DOWNY WOODPECKER. 



"Common. Resident. Breeds." (1890e). 



No. 396. Male. Greensboro. Mar. 5, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



No. 404. Female. Greensboro. Mar. 10, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



No. 428. Male. Greensboro. Mar. 19, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



No. 599. Female. Greensboro. Aug. 22, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



No. 759. Male-juv. Greensboro. Oct. 16, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



No. 777. Male. Greensboro. Oct. 21, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



90. DRYOBATES BOREALIS (Vieillot). 

 RED-COCKADED WOODPECKER. 



"Common in the pine woods north of Greensboro. It 

 was discovered last September, the 20th, in a growth of 

 pines, in the Warrior River bottom, near Millwood. Mr. 

 C. S. Brimley of Raleigh, North Carolina, who was mak- 

 ing biological explorations here for the Agricultural De- 

 partment at Washington, discovered it ttiere, where it 

 had previously escaped my observation. Resident. Breeds. 

 (1890e). 



The stomachs of a male and female of this species, tak- 

 en Jan. 4, 1891, near Greensboro, contained, respectively, 

 "red ants" and "insects:" 



Red-cockaded woodpeckers were "seen frequently" dur- 

 ing the Doctor's stay in Baldwin County, Sept. 16 to 

 Oct. 2, 1892. 



No. 692. Male. Greensboro. Sept. 20, 1890. W. C. Avery. 

 No. 809 (?). Female. No label. 



91. SPHYRAPICUS VARIUS VARIUS (Linnaeus). 

 YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER. 



Dr. Avery's first specimen of this woodpecker, so far 

 as the record goes, was taken Jan. 10, 1878, at Greens- 

 boro. Oct. 8, 1887, another specimen was recorded 

 whose "stomach contained only ants." 



"Common during the autumn migration." (1890e). 



No. Bis40. Female. Greensboro. Jan. 10, 1878. W. C. Avery. 

 No. 230. Male. Greensboro. Sept. 28, 1889. W. C. Avery. 

 No. 240. Male. Greensboro. Oct. 9, 1889. W. C. Avery. 

 No. 241. Male. Greensboro. Oct. 9, 1889. W. C. Avery. 



No. 403. Male. Greensboro. Jan , 1886. W. C. Avery. 



No. 774. Female. Greensboro. Oct. 20, 1890. W. C. Avery. 

 No. 779. Male juv. Greensboro. Oct. 22, 1890. W. C. Avery. 

 No. 795.* Male. Greensboro. Oct. 25, 1890. W. C. Avery. 



