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and near Port Dover, on the Erie shore, and it.is noted by every 
individual who has neve out a list of The birds of Canada. 
When I visited the celebrated Falls of Niagara, the second 
time, on the roth of June, 1881, I noticed this bird in several of 
the gardens and vineries, near the margin of the rock-hewn gorge 
through which that river flows from the great cataract to the 
whirlpool, and on the morning after my arrival, when I awoke in 
the Paradise-like home of my friend Kalph ae Lyon, and lay 
listening to the murmuring sounds of the great waterfall, I was 
pleased” to notice that among the other sounds of bird- iif that 
came in through the window, on the dewy, flower-scented air, 
were those of my old and familiar feathered friend, the Catbird, 
and in the garden enclosures, on the Canadian side, among the 
many birds whose songs greet the tourist from many lands, as they 
approach the falls and bridges, are those of this species of the 
American Mocking Birds. 
THE RED-BELLIED WOODPECKER. 
Melaner pes Carolinus. 
The Red-bellied Woodpecker is considered the rarest species 
of itsfamily that ever reaches this part of the Empire state. Occa- 
sionally a solitary individual may be seen the fore part of April on 
his way to the northern breeding grounds. I have never seeti 
more than one at a time. 
While out collecting one day in October, I had the good fortune 
to see a specimen of this species on an old dead stub, his favorite 
resort, where with his sharp bill and spiked tongue he draws 
forth Ne daily allowance, consisting of grubs and small worms. 
I raise my gun, fire and soon have him in my hands. 
A few days later I was again in the same piece of woods and 
saw another of the same species, flitting from tree to tree, utter- 
ing a peculiar note, which is a great deal coarser than that of the 
Red-headed Woodpecker. On this occasion the bird is very wild 
‘and it is only after a half-hour’s hard work, creeping and running 
through the bushes, that I get a shot and secure the bird. It is a 
fine female, but not near as handsome as the male. 
This Woodpecker has a bright red crown and hind neck ; back 
barred with white and black ; throat ashy gray ; breast a very pale 
pink, shading into a pinkish-red or bright redo The sexes are 
similar, except the crown, which, in the female, is ashy gray. 
Length, 9 in. ; wing, 4.85 in. ; tail, 3.50 in. ; culmen r. The eggs 
are pure white .96x.71. 
