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234. Melanerpes formicivorus. Ant-eating Woodpecker. 



Trans-Pecos Texas, common in the Davis, Chisos, and Gaudalupe 

 Mountains. Resident. 



235. Asyndesmus torquatus. Lewis Woodpecker. 



Recorded from San Angelo by Lloyd. Bailey records a single specimen 

 from the Davis Mountains. 

 236 Centunis carolinus. Red-bellied Woodpecker. 



Eastern section of the State, south to Victoria and Calhoun counties; 

 resident; more abundant in winter than summer. Two stragglers 

 were noted at Corpus Christi by Beckham. Abimdant resident in the 

 San Angelo country but not appearing to go west of the Concho, ac- 

 cording to Lloyd. 



237. Centurus aurifrons. Golden-fronted Woodpecker. 



Southern Texas, resident from San Antonio southward. According to 

 Lloyd it ranges west to the Castle Mountains. Rather abundant in 

 the coast counties from Refugio south to the mouth of the Rio Grande. 



238. Colaptes auratus. Southern Flicker. 



Common resident of the eastern section of the State. Winter resident 

 at Waco and San Antonio, but only a few records from the southern 

 coast region (Corpus Christi [Chapman], Refugio one specimen, 

 [Carroll]). In some manuscript notes of J. A Singley, now in the 

 writer's possession, mention is made of the breeding of this species 

 near Giddings, Lee county, in recent years. 



239. Colaptes cafer coUaris. Red-shafted Flicker. 



Irregular migrant, some years straggling almost to the eastern border 

 of the State. Common at Waco about every three or four years. 

 Common at San Antonio and San Angelo. A few Waco specimens 

 are typical, but the majority are hybrids of this and C. auratus. 

 Probably breeding in the Davis and Guadalupe Mountains. 



ORDER Nacrochires. Goatsuckers, Swifts, etc. 



FAMILY Caprimulgidae. Goatsuckers. 



240. Antrostomus carolinensis. Chuck-will's-widow. 



Eastern section of the State, summer resident as far south as Neuces 

 county. West to Waco and San Antonio, breeding in both localities. 

 Arrives from the south about the middle of March. Carroll thinks 

 that a few winter in Refugio county. 



