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Fayette, Mo., Mr. Lientz marks it as formerly breeding, but not known 
to do so at present. It is still found in northeastern Arkansas, being 
abundant at Newport, and not very wild or wary, and thence westward 
to Caddo, Ind. Ter., where a few were seen during the winter of 188384 
in the heaviest timber of the bottom lands, together with the Pileated 
Woodpecker. <A few have been seen at Kansas City, Mo., during the 
past few winters, and it probably still breeds in that vicinity. Mr. 
Nehrling states that it is rare and very shy in the northern part of 
Harris county, and in Montgomery county, Tex. 
393. Dryobates villosus (Linu.). [360.] Hairy Woodpecker. 
The whole of the Mississippi Valley, except the Gulf States, is inhab- 
ited by this species. 
393a. Dryobates villosus leucomelas(Bodd.). [360a.] Northern Hairy Woodpecker. 
The northern representative of the preceding. Inhabits British 
America, coming south in winter to the northern border of the United 
States. Recorded by Mr. Seton (now Thompson) as a common resident 
in western Manitoba. 
393b. Dryobates villosus audubonii (Swains.). [360,part.] Southern Hairy Wood- 
pecker. 
An inhabitant of the South Atlantic and Gulf States. 
393c. Dryobates villosus harrisii (Aud.). [360b.] Harris’s Woodpecker. 
This is the western form of the Hairy Woodpecker, occurring from 
the Rocky mountains to the Pacific. Dr. Agersborg says it is common 
and resident at Vermillion, Dak., thus bringing it within our district. 
394. Dryobates pubescens (Linn.). [3861.] Downy Woodpecker. 
Like the Hairy Woodpecker, this species is resident in Manitoba and 
over the whole of the Mississippi Valley, but is a little more given to 
changing its feeding grounds. It has no regular migration, but, like all 
the non-migratory Woodpeckers, it roves around during the winter in 
searchof food. This causes it to disappear at some places in the winter, 
and when it returns again it is supposed by the observers to have been 
regularly migrating, whereas it may have been north, east, south, or 
west; it may have been in the next county, or it may have wandered a 
hundred miles or moreaway. Itis rare in central Texas, where one was 
shot in January, 1883, on the Middle Concho river (Lloyd). 
394a. Dryobates pubescens gairdnerii (Aud.). [86la.] Gairdner’s Woodpecker. 
A western Woodpecker; rare aloug the northern half of the western 
border of our district. Mr. Allen found it along the Missouri in central 
Dakota, and thence westward, but not common. 
$95. Dryobates borealis (Vieill.). [362.] Ied-cockaded Woodpecker. 
A bird of the southern swamps. The most northern record received 
from the observers came from Newport, Ark., where it has been found 
