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\_CeophIceus pikatus abieticola. Northern Pileated Woodpecker. 



This woodpecker is not an uncommon species in the interior of Erie County, but Mr. 

 Bacon has never seen or heard of one within six miles of the lake, so that it does not 

 properly come within the scope of the present list, although it may yet be detected. 

 True, there are two specimens in Mr. Sennett's collection, labeled without qualification 

 " Erie", but the correctness of the label in this respect is open to question, not only 

 in view of Mr. Bacon's statement as above, but also because Mr. Sennett himself 

 seems to intimate that this species is found in Erie County only in the vicinity of Lake 

 Pleasant [Birds of Pennsylvania, 1890,171).] 



115. Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Red -headed Woodpecker. 



A common summer resident (on the mainland) from April to October, 

 and occasionally winters here. Mr. Bacon contributes the following 

 note on this point : " On several days in the winter of 1888-89 (De- 

 cember 29, 1888, January 3 and 5, 1889, to be more exact) I observed 

 this bird in small parties of eight or ten individuals each, and there 

 seemed to be some in every woods. ' ' The specimens in Mr. Sen- 

 nett' s series bear the following dates, abundantly confirming the general 

 statement: November 6, 14 and 17, 1874; February 25 and May 

 18, 1875; February 9, 1876; February n, 1878; September 24 and 

 October 27, 1888. Definite records of this species nesting on the 

 Peninsula are lacking, and, indeed, it would seem not to occur there 

 during the breeding season at all. In 1900 it was first observed April 

 30, and a number were noted again on May 8 and 9. In the fall it 

 was not detected until September 21, but from that time until the end 

 of the month was very much in evidence, frequenting the tall trees 

 along the board-walk and elsewhere. By October 8 the last had 

 departed. 



116. Centurus carolinus. Red-bellied Woodpecker. 



The seasonal status of this species here is uncertain. It seems to 

 have come under the notice of observers in the northern part of its 

 range mostly in the winter, but this is no indication that it does not 

 occur save at that season, as the writer has satisfied himself in at least 

 one case by persistent work. Its occurrence at Erie is no exception 

 to the general rule, the records resting on four specimens in Mr. Sen- 

 nett's collection bearing dates respectively of October 6, 10, and 

 November n, 1874, and February 8, 1876. 



117. Colaptes auratus luteus. Northern Flicker. 



The Flicker is a common summer resident, not known ever to stay 

 through the winter, although, according to Mr. Bacon's experience, 

 remaining sometimes quite late (November 20, 1897 ; December 1, 



