64 C. H. Merrlam — Birds of Connecticut. 



November, 1S76; and " Mr. Wm. Kino- took a specimen, several years 

 ago, at Suffield, Conn."* No longer ago than 18:S9, Peabody gave it 

 as resident in Massachusetts, where it was " not uncommon in the 

 woodlands."f 



137. Picus villosns Linne. Hairy Woodpecker. 



Resident, Init not common. Have taken four specimens and seen 

 several others in the immediate vicinity of New Haven. Found 

 chiefly in winter. Mr. Coe tells me that it is quite common about 

 Portland, Conn. 



138. Picus pubescens Linne. Downy Woodpecker. 



A common resident ; found everywhere except in open fields 

 devoid of stumps and fences. 



139. Picoides arcticns (Swainson) Gray. Black -liacked Three-toed Wood- 



pecker. 



A rare winter visitor from the North. In the Museum at Middle- 

 town is a specimen, from the Shurtletf Collection, taken at Simsbury, 

 Conn., in 1860. Dr. Wood has also taken it at East Windsor Hill, 

 Conn. 



140. SphyrapicuS varius (Linne) Baird. Yellow-bellied Woodpecker. 



Hare aboi;t New Haven. Have seen but four individuals (Sept. 

 28, and Oct. 2, 1875, and March 30, and May 8, 1876). Mr. J. N. 

 Clark finds it to be "abundant in fall" at Saybrook.J Linsley gave 

 it from New London, Conn. It is rare al)out Portland, Conn., as I 

 ' am informed by IMessrs. Coe and Sage. Mr. Thos. Osborne tells me 

 that they were quite common about New Haven last fall (1876) and 

 that he secured four specimens. Mr. Grimiell says that it is not 

 uncomm.on about Milford, Conn., in fall; and Mr. J. N. Clark, of 

 Saybrook, writes me that he has observed it to be " very common 

 both in spring and lall," but that he " never saw it after April till 

 autumn." 



Though most Woodi)eckers are residents where they are found at 



* MS. notes of Erwin I. Shores. 



\ Peabody's Report on the Ornithology of Mass., p. 334. 18:59. 



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