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More frequently 

 examined : 



COCCYGUS AMERICANUS, (Linn.) Bp. 



Yellow-billed Cuckoo. 

 in Nebraska than the last. Breeds here. 



The following I have 



Locality. 



Cedar County, Nebraska 



do 



Dixon County, !N"ebraska , 



do 



Otoe County, Nebraska 



Cass County, Nebraska 



Lancaster Oounty, Nebraska. . . 

 Kichardson County, Nebraska. 



Sarpy County, Nebraska 



do 



Date. 



Aug. — , 1867 



do 



Sept. — , 1867 



...,..do 



Sept. — , 1874 



do 



June — , 1875 

 Sept. — , 1876 

 June — , 1877 

 do 



Family PICID^: Woodpeckers. 



Picus VILLOSUS, Linn. 



Hairy Woodpecker. 



Abundant in the woody portions of the Missouri bottoms and other rivers in Ne- 

 braska. For food it takes apparently any insect that comes in its way. The follow- 

 ing examinations of specimens seem to prove this : 



Locality. 



Date. 



Dakota County, Nebraska , 



do , 



Cedar County, Nebraska . . 

 do 



Otoe County, Nebraska 



Cass Comity, Nebraska 



July — , 1866 

 do 



Aug. — , 1867 



do 



Sept. — , 1874 

 Sept. — , 1§76 



* One a bornet. 



Picus PUBESCENS, Linn. 



Downy Woodpecker. 



Much less abundant than the preceding, but still frequently seen among the timber 

 of the river-bottoms. The following examples of dissections show their feeding hab- 

 its: 



i 



Locality. 



■ ■ 

 Date. 



li 



Other insects. 



1 



2 

 3 

 4 



Dixon County, Nebraska 



Sept. —,1867 

 do 



43 

 38 

 39 

 45 



20 

 29 

 25 



. 1 



do 



do 



June — , 1868 

 Sept. — , 1874 



Cass County, Nebraska 





