The Birds of Wyoming. 



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406. Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Linn.). 

 Red-headed Woodpecker. 



Summer resident in eastern Wyoming, rather common; 

 but decreasing in number to the westward. They have been 

 reported as follows: Drexel, Fort Laramie; McCarthy, La- 

 Bonte creek ; Williston, a dozen seen from May 26 to June 26 

 at Lake Como ; Bond, common at Cheyenne ; Jesurun, common 

 at Douglas; West, from Buffalo; Nos. 38303, 88148 and 88150 

 taken from Fort Laramie, and Laramie peak, by collectors for 

 the Smithsonian Institution. Coues also reports specimens 

 taken from Bitter Cottonwood and LaBonte creeks. To the 

 westward from the Laramie mountains, this species becomes 

 less and less abundant and near the western line of the state is 

 quite rare. There are four specimens in the University col- 

 lection. Three were taken at Laramie and one at Buffalo. 



408. Melanerpes torquatus (Wils.). 

 Lewis's Woodpecker. 



Summer resident and very common in northern Wyoming, 

 where they breed in great numbers. In the southern part of 



LEWIS IVOOOPECHaR. 



the state there are a few that remain each year in the moun- 

 tainous country and breed. I have found this beautiful bird 

 in greatest abundance along the streams flowing into the west- 



