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several times in the pine timber. Near Houston, in eastern Texas, it is 
notrare (Nebrling). It is resident throughout its range. 
396, Dryobates scalaris bairdi (Sclater). [363.] Texas Woodpecker. 
Resident in Texas; noted from San Angelo as very abundant, breeding 
from April 10 to May 15, where clutches of four, five, six, and eight 
eggs were taken. Common also in eastern Texas (Nehrling) and in the 
valley of the lower Rio Grande (Sennett & Merrill). 
400, Picoides arcticus (Swains.), [367.] Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker. 
Resident in Manitoba and northern Minnesota. This is one of the 
migratory Woodpeckers, but its movements are not extensive. In the 
Mississippi Valley these movements are limited to a migration from its 
summer home in British America to the United States, where it remains 
during the winter, returning in the spring. Even in winter it is more 
abundant in Manitoba than in summer. Individuals have been known 
to occur in northern Illinois, but are seldom seen south of latitude 40°. 
They were reported by Vernon Bailey from Elk River, Minn., and some 
years ago I met them at White Earth, Minn., and had the pleasure 
of ascertaining that they nested in that State.* 
402, Sphyrapicus varius (Linn.). [369.] Yellow-bellied Woodpecker. 
A common summer resident in Manitoba and the northern part of the 
Mississippi Valley. This is one of the three regularly migratory Wood- 
peckers which inhabit the Mississippi Valley, and its migrations are more 
extended than are those of either of the others. The extreme limits of 
its range are separated by 3,000 miles, for it has been recorded from 
Guatemala to Greenland, but of course no single individual has trav- 
ersed the whole of this distance. Still, since it seldom breeds south of 
latitude 429, the most unambitious has many a long mile to travel. In 
the winter of 1883~84 it was found as far north as Danville, in Illinois, 
and Morning Sun, in Iowa, but was rare at both places. From these 
points southward for 300 miles it is a rare winter visitant, but its regu- 
lar winter home is south of latitude 379°. Even at Caddo, Ind. Ter. (lat. 
34° 11’), it was not common, and its quietness and retired habits made it 
seem even less numerous. In the spring of 1884, migration commenced 
at Gainesville, Tex. (lat. 33° 36’), March 6, when the bulk of the winter 
residents departed; the last followed on the 11th. Migrants had be- 
come quite numerous at Pierce City, Mo. (lat. 36° 56’), by March 19, 
and this wave brought the first of the migrants to Saint Louis March 
26. An accidental bird was seen at Chicago February 16, but the 
regular advance did not reach there until about the 8th of April. By 
April 10 they had reached Lanesboro, Minn, (lat. 43° 43’). They were 
seen at River Falls, Wis. (lat. 44° 45’), April 12, and two days later at 
Elk River, Minn. (lat. 45° 25’). The bulk rarely falls more than three 
*(In July, 1877, Dr. Thomas 8S. Roberts found this Woodpecker breeding in Carltou, 
county, Mion. (Bull. Nutt. Ornith, Club, vol. IV, 1879, p. 154).—C,. H. M.] 
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