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I have only met with them three times, in spring and fall, when they were very shy, silent, and 

 retiring, remaining among the dense tops of the dai-k forest trees. Whether it resides and 

 breeds in the Territory I have had no chance of observing. — C. 



I have seen but one specimen of this species. It is, probably, for the most part, confined to 

 the close vicinity of the coast.- — S. 



HYLAT0MU3 PILEATUS, Baird. 



Black Wood Cock ; Log Cock. 



ricus jiileatus, Linn. Sys. Nat. I, 17C(i, 173. — Vielliot, Ois. Am. Sept. II, 1807, 58 ; pi. ex. — Wilson, Am. Orn. 



IV, 1811, 27 ; pi. xxix, f. 2.— Waoler, Syst. Av. 1827, No. 2.— AuD. Orn. Biog. II, 1834, 74 : V, 



533; pi. 111.— Ib. Birds Amer. IV, 1842, 266; pi. 257. 

 Picus (Dryotmms) piUalus, Sw. F. Bor. Am. IT, 1831,304. 

 Dryotormis pileatus, Bp. List. 1838. 

 Dryocopus pileaitiSfBo^AP. Consp. Av. 1850, 132. 

 Dryopicus pileatus, BoN. Consp. Zyg. Atea. Ital. 1854,8. 

 Ilijlatomus pileatus, Baird, Gen. Rep. Birds, p. 107. 



Sp. Ch. — Fourth and fifth quills equal and longest ; third intermediate between sixth and seventh. Bill blue black. 

 General color of body, wings, and tail dull greenish black. A narrow white streak from just above the eye to the occiput ; 

 a wider one from the nostril feathers (inclusive) under the eye and along the side of the head and neck ; sides of the 

 breast, (concealed by the wing,) axillaries, and under wing coverts, and concealed bases of all the quills, with chin and 

 beneath the head, white, tinged with sulphur yellow. Entire crown from the base of the bill to a well developed occipital 

 crest, as also a patch on the ramus of the lower jaw, scarlet red. A few fiiint white crescents on the sides of the body and 

 on the abdomen. Length, about 18 inches ; extent, 29 ; wing, 9J. Bill bluish dusky, paler below. 



Female without the red on the cheek, and the anterior half of that on the top of the head replaced by black. 



Hab. — North America from Atlantic to Pacific. 



The pileated woodpecker, or "log cock," is an abundant and constant resident in the forests 

 of the Territory. Early in April I discovered a pair on Whitby's island, burrowing out a hole 

 for their nest in a dead trunk about 30 feet from the ground. They worked alternately, and 

 were very watchful, keeping perfectly silent while they heard any noise near by. I only found 

 the place by noticing chip.s on the bushes below, and, after watching silently for some time, one 

 of them began to work, now and then protruding its bill full of chips, and, after cautiously 

 looking round, dropping them. 



Their shy and retiring habits are in strong contrast with those of the flicker, which often 

 builds near dwellings and is much more familiar. Their loud call is, howevei-, quite similar. — C. 



The log cock is abundant in the vicinity of Fort Steilacoom during summer. — S. 



MELANERPES TORQUATUS, Bo nap. 



Lewis' "Woodpecker. 



Picus torquatus, Wilson, Am. Cm. Ill, 1811, 31 ; pi. xx. — Waglek, Syst. Av. 1827, No. 82.— Ann. Orn. Biog. V, 

 1839, 176 ; pi. 41C.— Id. Birds Amer. IV, 1842, 280 ; pi. 272. 



Melanerpes torquatus, Bp. Consp. 1850, 115. — Heersiann, J. A. N. Sc. PhM. 2d ser. II, 1853, 270. — Neweekrv, ZooI. 

 Cal. & Or. Route, 90 ; m P. E. E. Suiv. VI, 1857.— Baird, Gen. Rep. Birds, p. 115. 



Picus mcmianus, Oed, in Guthrie's Geog. 2d Am. ed. 11, 1815, 316. 



Sp. Ch. — Feathers on the under parts bristle-like. Fourth quill longest ; then third and fifth. Above dark glossy green. 

 Breast, lower part of the neck and a narrow collar all round hoary grayish white. Around the b.asc of the bill and sides 

 of the head to behind the eyes, dark crimson. Belly blood red, streaked finely witJi hoary whitish. Wings and taU ettirely 



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