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mon summer resident at Webster, N. H.; breeds^-Chas. F. Goodhue, 

 "viii., 17, 368— Found near "Washington, D. C— (R. F. Boiseau). viii., 

 19, 300— Found in Michigan— "Archer" (G. A. Stockwell). x., 26, 

 503— Arrived at Elmira,-N. Y., May 8, 1878— E. B. Gleason. xi., 3, 

 47— Not very abundant at Peotone, III.; breeds— D. H. Eaton, xi., 

 10, 204— Nested near Halifax, N. S., this summer (1878)— J. Matthew- 

 Jones, xii., 11, 205— Common in Nova Scotia — J. Matthew Jones. 



Cock. Sage^ See Centroeercua uroplumamnjis. 



Cockatoo. Black, See Microglossa aterrima. 



Colapt^s anratns. Golden-winged Woodpecker, i., 36, 404— A few win- 

 ter, but most arrive in March in New Fngland — F. B. ii., 11, 163— 

 , Not numerous in the Lake Okeechobee region, Fla.— Fred. A. Ober. 

 ii., 33, 841 — Found in Russell County, Kansas; feeds on insects and 

 ants' eggs in spring— F. S. B.(enson). iii., 4, 53 — Common in 

 Newfoundland called English Woodpecker by the settlers from a 

 fancied resemblance of its note to that of the Green Woodpecker of 

 Europe — M. Harvey, iv., 33, 358— Found at Petroleum, W. Va., in 

 spring — Ernest IngersoU. v., 17, 360 — Observed in the Black Hills 

 .by Geo. Bu-d Grinnell in 1874— Ernest IngersoU. v., 23, 356— De^ 

 scribes a peculiarity in the tongue of a specimen, that ended at the base 

 of the skull instead of dividing into two parts on the skull — R. L. New- 

 comb, vi . , 4, 52— Resident near New Haven, Coim. ; common in sum- 

 mer ; rare in winter— " Speculator" (Robt. T. Morris), vi., 4, 52 — 

 First arrivals at Ephrata, Penn., March 18, 1875— W. H. Spera.- 

 vi. , 7, 99 — Remain all the yeavound at Tonkers, N. Y. — W. F. H. 

 Getty, vi., 9, 133 — Arrive in Mass. between April 10 and 20 — J. A. 

 Allen, vi., 10, 148— One seen at Riverdale-on-Hudson, March 12, 1876 

 — E. P. Bicknell. vi., 10, 148 — Rare in winter, common in summer, at 

 Fort Wayne, Ind. — G. Aug. Smith, vi., 11, 163— Observed at Lees- 

 burg, Va., March 38, 1876— E. IngersoU (authority), vi., 11, 163— 

 One seen at Trenton, N. J., March 12, 1876 ; they remain all winter 

 here — C. C. Abbott, vi., 12, 181 — Common in summer; not uncom- 

 monin winter at Danvers, Mass. — Arthur F. Gray, vi., 13, 181 — Ar- 

 rived at Boonsboro, Md. , March 14, 1876— W. B. Wheeler, vi., 15, 

 333— Seen April 13, 1876, at Riverdale, N. Y.; first time since March 

 13, 1876— E. P. Bicknell. vi., 17, 366— Noticed at Lake City, Minn., 

 April 8, 1876— D. C. Estes. vi., 19, 301— Noticed at Meacham Lake, 

 N. Y., April 30 to 22, 1876— A. R. Fuller, vi., 20, 318— Noticed one at 

 Ferrisljurgh, Vt., April 18, 1876 ; they are not nearly as common here as 

 formerly ^R. E. Robinson, vi., 22, 354 — Common summer visitor afr^ 

 Ann Arbor, Mich. ; arrives March 20 ; begins nesting first week in 

 May; all are gone south by Nov. 1 — A. B. Covert, vi.. 22, 354— Ar- 

 rived at HoUis, N. H., April 15, 1874; Mai'ch 26, 1875; April 13, 

 1876— W. H. Fox. vi., 24, 386— Nest with eggs May 20, 1876, at 

 Riverdale, N. Y.— E. P. Bicknell. vi., 26, 418— Noticed at Salem, 

 Mass., April 12, 1876— R. L. Newcomb. vii., 3, 36— Abundant in 

 Central N. Y.; breeds— H. G. Fowler, vii., 13, 199— Known by the 

 local name of ' ' clape" near New York — C. W. in ' ' Answers to Cor- 

 respondents." viii., 7, 96 — NoticedonClark'sIsland, Plymouth, Mass., 

 in 1853 — F- C. Browne, viii. , 7, 96 — Abundant summer resident at Web- 

 ster, N. H.; breeds — Chas. F. Goodhue, viii., 13, 193 — First appears 

 on the Coteau des Prairies, Dakota, June 33, and is not very numerous ; 

 remains until Oct. 10 — Chas. E. McChesney. viii;, 19, 300 — Found in 

 Michigan — " Ai'cher" (G. A. Stockwell). x., 5, 76 — Dates of arrival 

 in spring at Framingham, Mass., for twenty-five years — F. C. Browne. 

 X., 10, 179— Common at Salem, Mass., last of March, 1878— B. L. 

 N.(ewcomb). x., 17, 319 — Winter near Boston, Mass. — H. D. Minot. 

 X., 26, 503— Noticed at Elmira, N. Y., April 13, 1878— E. B. Gleason. 

 xi., 1, 2 — Abnormal egg of this species, about half the usual size — 

 Ajthur F. Gray, xi., 3, 47 — Very abundant at Peotone, 111.; breeds— 

 D. H. Eaton, xii. , 2, 35 — Large numbers of them washed up on the 



