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{Aud. Field Notes 1969:617) and one was observed at Crater Lake 

 National Park (Klamath Count}^ on July 6, 1964 (Browning 1966a). 



Stellula calliope. Calliope Hummingbird. 



Specimen: Ashland, sex ?, May 12, 1965. This small hummingbird is 

 a common to fairly common valley migrant, and a fairly common 

 breeding bird in the Cascade and Siskij^ou mountains. Earliest, April 

 30, Ashland ; latest, late September, Jackson County. 



Megaceryle alcyon. Belted Kingfisher. 



Specimens: Two males, 12.9 km SW Prospect, March 28, 1961, and 

 December 16, 1959. The Belted Kingfisher is a fairly common per- 

 manent resident in the Chaparral-Oak Community and higher eleva- 

 tioni along the major tributaries of the Rogue River. 



Colaptes auratus {auratus group) Common Flicker. 



This group includes birds with yellow wing shafts. Specimen: 4.8 km 

 SE Ashland, female, December 23, 1967. Birds of the auratus group 

 are very rare; only one sight record, 3.2 km north of Talent during 

 February 1962 (Browning 1966a), in addition to the specimen cited. 

 Giles (1958) observed one on May 1, 1957, at Lower Klamath Na- 

 tional Wildlife Refuge, Siskiyou County, California. Identifiable re- 

 mains of a yellow-shafted bird were found on March 22, 1966, near 

 Brookings, Curry County (Bro^vning and English 1967b). 



Colaptes auratus icafer group) Common Flicker. 



This group includes birds with red wing shafts. Specimens: Two 

 females, 12.9 km SW Prospect, January 29, 1947, and April 8, 1946; 

 9.7 km N Prospect, male, April 18, 1935. Birds of the cajer group are 

 common permanent residents throughout the county below the conif- 

 erous forests and may also be found at higher elevations during 

 summer months where deciduous growth occurs. 



Hybrids between the cajer and auratus groups have occurred rarely 

 in Jackson County. Specimen: 9.7 km N Prospect, male, April 18, 

 1935. Photograph: Talent, November 6, 1961 (DT) . Browning (1966a) 

 reports records from Talent on November 6, 1961, from Medford on 

 February 1, 1964, and two records at Phoenix on December 14 to 22, 

 1964, and October 11, 1965. 



Dryocopus pileatus. Pileated Woodpecker. 



Specimens: Two, 12.9 km SW Prospect, female, February 21, 1946; 

 male, January 17, 1946. This large woodpecker is an uncommon per- 

 manent resident in the Mixed Conifer Forest and is rare at lower 

 elevations. 



Melanerpes Jormicimrus. Acorn Woodpecker. 



Specimens: Male and female, 17.7 km SW Prospect, April 20, 

 1949; NW Medford, female. May 9, 1971; 8.0 km W Butte Falls, 

 male. May 14, 1971. The Acorn Woodpecker is a fairly common 



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