BIRDS OF YARMOUTH AND VICINITY. ALLEN. 81 



390 Ceryle alcyon (Linn.). Belted Kingfisher. — Not 

 common. Seems less so than formerly. First 

 appearance (6 years) Apr. 28. Last appearance 

 (8 years) Oct. 16. 



393. Dryobates villosus leucomelas (Bodd.). Northern 

 Hairy Woodpecker. — Rather uncommon resident. 



394c. Dryohatea puhescens medianus (Swains.). Downy 

 Woodpecker. — Resident. A little more common 

 than the la.st. 



400. Picoidea arcticus (Swains.). Arctic Three-toed 

 Woodpecker. — Three observations only: A pair 

 at Argyle, Apr. 6, 1901; a male near Yarmouth, 

 Dec. 27, 1904; another male near Yarmouth, Jan. 

 20, 1906. 



402. Sphyrapicus varius varius (Linn.). Yellow-bellied 

 Sapsucker. — Summer resident. Not uncommon in- 

 land. First appearance (4 years) Apr. 30. 



405a. CeophloRus pileatus ahieticola (Bangs). Northern 

 Pileated Woodpecker. — I have seen this species 

 only twice in life: Apr. 25, 1904, and Oct. 31, 1904. 

 On the former occasion the spring call was heard. 

 It was much like the "if-if-if — '' of the Yellow 

 Hammer but the sjdlable "if" was not repeated 

 as many times as in the Yellow Hammer's call. 

 This bird had. also, the Yellow Hammer's trick 

 of drumming on a dead limb. 



421a. Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs. Northern Flicker; 

 "Yellow Hammer." — Our nost common wood- 

 pecker. Summer resident, but occasionally ob- 

 served in winter. P'irst appearance (10 years) 

 Apr. 6. Last appearance (8 years) Oct. 29. 



420. Chordeiles virginianus virginianus (Gmel.). Night^ 

 hawk. — Common summer resident. Seems to favor 

 burned forest tracts. First appearance (4 years) 



