262 COUES, BIRDS OF NEW ENGLAND. 



JPicus puhescens Linn. — Downy Woodpecker. Resi- 

 dent, and everywhere abundant. 



No. 905, (J. Essex Co. E. P. Emmerton, Nov. 27, 1854. 

 No. 906, $. " " S. Jillson, 1858. 



Picoides arcticus Gray. — Black - backed Three-toed 



Woodpecker. Winter resident ; not known to breed 



within the limits of New England. ("Probably breeds." 



Calais, Me., Boar dm. ^ p. 122.) Extends through all 



its States in winter, but is very rare or even accidental in 



the southernmost. (Springfield, Mass., All.^ p. 52.) 



No. 901, $. Essex Co. 



No. 902, $. " " S. Jillson, Nov. 21, 1855. 



Picoides hirsutus Gray. — Banded Three-toed Wood- 

 pecker. A very rare winter visitant ; probably only 

 stragglers reach as far as Massachusetts. (Calais, Me., 

 G. A. Boardman, in Veri\, p. 21. — Mass., Brew., p. 

 437 ; Pidn., p. 229 ; Sam., p. 4; All., p. 82.) 



Sphyrapicus varius Baird. — Yellow-bellied Wood- 

 pecker. Summer resident. Common in most localities. 

 Extends northward into Canada. A few probably winter 

 in the more southern portions. 



No. 907, S, adult. Essex Co. S. Jillson, 1855. 



No. 908, ?, adnlt. " " " " " 



No. 909, $, young. " " " " " 



Hylotomus pileatus Baird. — Pileated Woodpecker. 

 Black Log-cock. Generally distributed, and resident, in 

 all well-wooded portions of New England, though appa- 

 rently nowhere abundant. It is a shy, wild, and retiring 

 species, and one that disappears more rapidly than almost 

 any other with the clearing away of forests. 



No. 887, $ , adult. New Hampshire. 



Oenturus Garolinus Swains. — Eed-bellied Woodpecker. 

 A rare and perhaps only accidental summer visitor to the 

 more southern portions. (Western Mass., "breeding," 

 Emm. Springfield "accidental, May 13, 1863, "\^/?., p. 

 53. "Said to be unknown in the eastern part of the 

 State," Peah., p. 336. "One specimen, Stratford, Conn., 

 Oct. 16, 1842," Lins., p. 263. Omitted from Sam. 

 0.0.) I do not find it recorded from Maine or New 

 Hampshire. 



No. 904, ^, adult. Locality unknown. 



