APPENDIX II. AUGHEY ON LOCUST-FEEDING BIRDS. [41] 



Sphyrapicus varius, (Linn.) Bd. 

 Yellow-hclUed WoodjjccJcer. 



Eather common in the bottoms of the Missouri and other streams in Eastern Ne- 

 braska. It eats different kinds of insects and grains, unless the following specimens 

 that I examined were exceptional : ^ ^ 



1 



s 



s 

 "A 



1 



3 

 4 

 5 



Locality. 



Date. 



a 



OB q 



^ o 

 ^'^ 



o 



i 



a 

 o 



o 



1 



Dakota County, Nebraska 



June — , 1865 

 June — , 1868 



do 



Oct. — , 187 4 

 June -, 1875 



27 

 33 

 26 

 15 

 29 



15 

 11 

 22 

 28 

 17 



17 

 14 



29 

 20 



8 



Dixon County, Nebraska 



do ......: 



Cass Countr, Nebraska 



Lancaster County, Nebraska 





Centurus carolinus, (Linn.) Sw. 

 Red-leUied Woodpecker. 



Melakerpes erythrocephaxus, (Linn.) Sw. 

 Bed-lieaded Woodpeclcer. 

 Common in Nebraska, wherever there is timber enough to satisfy their natures 

 ^^^^^« ^^^^- Sometimes varies its food with locusts, as the followSg caJes prove^^ 



Locality 



Dakota County, Nebraska. 



do 



Dixon County, Nebraska.. 



do 



Cass Countv, Nebraska. . . " 

 do.. .1 



Date. 



June — , 1865 

 Aug. — , 1866 

 June — , 1868 

 June — , 1869 

 Sept. — , 1874 

 do 



.s 



i 

















CO 



a 





1^ H 





» 



oo 



© 





O m 





'3 



>A 



o 



O 



32 



29 



10 





62 



3 



10 



39 



15 





65 



3 

 5 



41 



20 



37 



19 



15 



COLAPTES AURATUS, (Linn.) Sw. 



GoJden-icinged Woodpecker; Flicker. 



+of"3!"?*^^°* '"^ the wooded portions of Nebraska. Sometimes seen a considerable dis 



mg IS an account of the contents of their stomachs : ^^^^^^^ ^^^^' ^^^ follow- 



Locality. 



Dixon Coanty, Nebraska. 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do : 



do 



Date. 



June — , 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



do 



1865 



P 9 



O OS 



15 



40 



28 



31 



40 



14 



20 



29 



16 



45 



47 



7 



38 



21 



48 



12 



