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A common summer resident, a few remaining within our 

 limits during the winter. The majority of these Woodpeckers 

 arrive the last of April, and remain with us until about the first 

 of October, when they move southward. 



The range of this species includes the eastern United States 

 and British Possessions, east of the Rocky Mountains. Strag- 

 glers are occasionally seen as far west as Utah and Arizona, and 

 they are rare in the New England states. Its breeding range is 

 coincident with its distribution. 



Genus CENTURUS Swainsoo, 1837. 



Centums carolinus (Linnaeus). Bed-bellied Woodpecker. 



Pious carolinus LtNN^us, S. N., ed. 10, I, 1758, 113. 



Cent'arus carolinus Bonapakte Geog. and Comp. List, 1838, 40. 



Melanerpes carolinus Ridgway, Ann. Lye. N. Y., X, January, 1874, 



378. 

 Popular synonyms: Carolina Woodpecker. Zebra Woodpecker. 



The Red-bellied Woodpecker was formerly a common but 

 now it is a rare migrant. Mr. H. K. Coale reports the taking of 

 a male specimen in Chicago on October 29, 1876. A specimen 

 in my collection was taken by Mr. Graham Davis in Hyde Park, 

 Chicago, May 3, 1887. This species breeds abundantly at Kouts, 

 Indiana. In his report, Mr. E. W. Nelson says: "A rare sum- 

 mer resident. Not very uncommon during the migrations. De- 

 parts the last of October." In the Ornithology of Illinois, Mr. 

 Robert Ridgway says: "Mr. H. K. Coale informs me that he 

 saw a pair in Lincoln Park, Chicago, in July, and that they were 

 evidently breeding there, as he saw one of them cortie out of a 

 hole in the dead top of an oak tree." 



The range of this species covers the eastern and southern 

 United States. It is rare in the northern portions, but it does 

 occur casually as far north as Massachusetts and Michigan. 



Genus COLAPTES Swainson, 1827. 



Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs. Northern Flicker. 



Cuculus auratus LiNN.3Strs, S. N., ed. 10, I, 1758, 112 (in part). 



Pieus auratus LlNN^us, S. N., ed. 12, I, 1766, 174 (in part). 



Colaptes auratus Vigors, Zool. Journ., Ill, 1827, 444 (in part). 



Colaptes auratus luteus Bangs, Auk, XV, April, 1898, 177. 



Popular synonyms: Yellow-hammer. High-holder. High-hole. 

 Golden-winged Woodpecker. Yellow-shafted Flicker. Wake- 

 up. 



