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1877. Lyle, D. A. Notes ou the Breeding habits of the Golden-wingiHl Woodpecker 

 [Colaptes auratus]. < Am. Nat., xi, No. 12, Dec, 1877, pp. 747-750. 



Very close observation. ISTote by E. Coues, on the molesialion of this large bird liy English 

 Sparrows {Passer domesticus) . 



1877. [Scott, W. E. D. ] Migration of Woodpeckers [Picidte]. < The Coiinlri/, i, Nov. 



10, 1877,p. 31 



1878. Aldricii, C. Red-headed Woodpecker [Melauerpes erythrocephahis] eating 



Grasshoppers. < Ball. Niitt. Ornith. Club, iii, No. 4, Oct. , 1878, p. 189. 

 Communicated by E. C[ouesl. The birds caught Galoptenus spretits on open prairie, half 



a mile from timber. 

 1878. Anon. [Death of a Avoodpecker by fixing its bill in a piece of wood.] < The 



Countri/, i, March 9, 1878, p. 261. 

 1878. Bailey, H. B. Some New Traits for the Red-headed Woodpecker [Melanerpea 



erythrocephahis). < Bull. Xutt Ornith. Cliih, iii. No. 2, Apr., 1878, p. 97. 

 Their storing grasshoppers in cracks of wood. 

 1878. B[rewer],T. M. Picoides Arcticns. <^ Forest and Stream, xi, Oct. 31. 1878, p. 



2.59. See p. 300. 

 Correcting misstatement on p. 239. 

 1878. "I.N." Fly-catching woodpeckers. < T/ie Cohj)^/-^, i, Feb. 9, 1878, p. 213. 

 1878. Merriam, C. H. Nesting of the Banded Three-toed Woodpecker (Picoides ameiri- 



canns) in Northern New York. < Bull. Nutt. Ornith. Chih, iii, No. 4, Oct., 1878, 



p. 200. 



1878. "Will." The Woodj)ecker [Melanerp'es erytlirocephahts] as a Flycatcher. 



<^ Forest and Stream, ix, .Fan. 17, 1878, p. 451. 



1879. Aldrich, C. Habits of the Red-headed Woodpecker [Melanerpes erythrocepha- 



lus]. <^Am. Nat., xili, No. 8, Ang., 1879, p. 522. 

 With special reference to the grasshopper-eating proclivities of the bird. 

 1879. Calvin, S. On Changes of Habit among WoodiJeckers [Picidie]. <^ The Oolo- 

 gist, iv, No. 11, June, 1879, pp. 91, 92. 

 From Am. Nat, xi, No. 8, p. 471. 

 1879. HOYT, B. F. Nesting under Difficulties [in the case of Colaptes auratus]. 

 <^ Science Xews, i. No. 17, July 1, 1879, p. 272. 



Interesting note of the finding of ' ' six young flickers (Colaptes auratus) in a hole which their 

 parents had dug in the hard dry earth of a perpendicular river bank. This hole was about 

 six inches deep and contained no grass or lining of any kind.' 

 1879. Lindahl, .1. Some New Points in the Construction of the Tongues of Wood- 

 peckers [Picidai]. < Am. Xat., xiii, No. 1, Jan., 1879, pp. 43, 44, fig. 



In Gecinus viridis the cornua of the hyoid bone extend far into the nasal cavity of the upper 

 mandible. Asymmetry of the hyoid cornua in other species (but this is well known). 

 1879. Maynard, C. J. The Food of Woodpeckers [Picid;e]. < Scientific Farmer (Bos- 

 ton), iv. No. 4, Apr., 1879, pp. 50, 51, 2 cuts. 



The figures illustrate bark bored by Melanerpes formicivorus to insert acorns, and the stom- 

 ach of Colaptes auratus. 

 1879. Eagsdale, G. H. Lewis Woodpecker [Asyndesmus torquatns] in Middle Texas. 



<^ Temperance Vedette (Terrell, Tex.), Aug. 2, 1879. 

 1879. Ragsdale, G. H. Ceuturus aurifrons. <^ Science News, i. No. 20, Aug. 15, 1879, 

 p. 320. 

 On its local distribution in Texas. 

 1879. Ragsdale, G. H. Centurus aurifrons. <^ Temperance Vedette (newspaper of Ter- 

 rell, Texas), Sept. 13, 1879. 

 From Science News. On the local distribution of the species in Texas. 

 1879. Ragsdale, G. H. Lewis' Woodj)ecker [Asyndesmus torquatns] in Middle Texas. 



< Science News, i. No. 13, May 1, 1879, p. 208. 

 1879. Smith, Q. C. Woodpeckers and Road-runners [Geococcyx califoruianils]. 



<^ Temperance Vedette (newspaper of Terrell, Texas), Nov. 1, 1879. 

 1879. WiNTLE, E. D. Pileatftd Woodpecker [Hylotomus pileatus] in Canada. < For- 

 est and Stream, xiii, Jan. 1, 1879, p. 946. 



