64 THE BIRDS OF RHODE ISLAND. 



May 9 to September 25. One record for October 23. 



(149) 388. Coccyzus erythrophthalmus (Wils.). Black- 

 billed Cuckoo. — A not uncommon summer resident. 



May II to (September 25). 



(150) 390. Ceryle alcyon (Linn.). Belted Kingfisher. 

 ICingfisher. — A common summer resident, and not uncommon in 

 winter about open water. 



April 2 to October 20. 



(151) 393- Dryobates villosus (Linn.). Hairy Wood- 

 pecker. — An uncommon winter visitant, and rare summer resi- 

 dent. Nests have been taken at Cliepachet, Cranston, and else- 

 where. 



September 28 to (March). Rarely in summer. 



(152) 394c. Dryobates pubescens medianus (Swains.). 

 Downy Woodpecker. — A common resident, more abundant 

 during the winter months. 



(153) 402. Sphyrapicus varius (Linn.). Yellow-bel- 

 lied Sapsucker. Yellow-bellied Woodpecker. — A not uncom- 

 mon migrant. 



March 23, April, October. 



(154) 406. Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Linn.). Red- 

 headed Woodpecker. — An irregular, but sometimes not uncom- 

 mon migrant in the fall. It has been known to breed. Speci- 

 mens have been taken at Prudence Island, Conanicut Island,^ 

 Newport, Warren, Providence, Point Judith, Oakland Beach, 

 Warwick, where on July 28, 1882, a nest with young was found in 

 a small oak.^ 



(15s) 409. Melanerpes carolinus (Linn.). Red-bellied 

 Woodpecker. — There are two birds, taken near Providence, 



1 Auk, Vol. XVI, No. 2, p. 189. 

 'F. & S., Vol. XIX, No. 4, p. 65. 



