BIRD NOTES. ^ lir 



Picoides americanns. '^ - Banded Three-toed "Woodpecker, i., 36, 404 — 

 Kare visitor to New England— F. B. iii. , 4, 53— Resident throughout 

 the year in Newfoundland— M. Harvey, viii., 7, 96— Rare winter 

 visitor at Webster, N H.; one taken in 1875— Chas. F. Ooodhue- 

 viii., 19, 300 Found in Michigan— "Archer" (G. A. Stockweil). xi , 

 13, 259— Eggs found in Lewis County, N. Y., by C. Hart Merriam. 

 (It is given erroneously here as P. wreticus, but is corrected by Frank- 

 lin Benner, xi., 15, 800.) xii., 13, 345— Not common in Nova Scotia 

 — J. Matthew Jones. 



Picoides arcticus. Black-backed, Three-toed "Woodpecker, i. , 36, 404— 

 Rare winter visitor to New England — F. B. iii , 4, 53— Abundant 

 all the year round in Newfoundland — M.Harvey, vi., 8, 116 — De- 

 part from Mass. for the North from March 20 to 31-^J. A. Allen, 

 viii., 7, 96 "7ery rare fall aud winter visitor at Webster, N. H. — 

 Chas. F. Goodhue, viii., 19, 300 — Common in the Upper Peninsula 

 of Michigan, and occasionally found in the Lower Peninsula — 

 "Ai-cher" (G. A. Stockweil). xi., 13, 339— Eggs found in Lewis 

 County, N Y., by C. Hart Merriam (this is wrong), xi , 13, 259— 

 Giving two previous instances of their eggs having been authenticated 

 T. M B. (rawer), xi., 15, 300— Correcting the statement that the 

 eggs were found by C. Hart Merriam, as they were those of Picoides 

 americanu^ - Franklin Benner. xii., 7, 136 — Noticed in the Province 

 of Quebec, Canada, during a trip in the winter of 1878-79 — Everett 

 ^ Smith, xii., 13, 245 — Not common in Nova Scotia — J. Matthew 

 Jones. 



Pious borealis. Red-cockaded Woodpecker, viii., 13, 195— Account of 

 one destroying the nest of a Downy Woodpecker,- at Gainesville, 

 Texas— G. H. R.(%gsdale). 



Pious pubescens. Downy Woodpecker, i., 26, 404— Resident in New- 

 England— F. B iv., 23, 358 -Found at Petroleum, W. Va., in 

 spring — Ernest Ingersoll. v., 18, 375— Habits when with us in the 

 .winter— E. B. Tobin. vi., 4, 53— Resident near New Haven, Gonr.; 

 common summer and winter — "Speculator" (Bobt.T. Morris), vi., 

 7, 99— Observed at Trenton, N. J., Feb. 7, 1876— Chas. C. Abbott, 

 vi., 7, 99 -Remain all the year near Yonkers, N. Y. — W. F. H. 

 Getty, vi., 7, 100— Common all the year near Montpelier, Vt. - W. 

 A. Briggs. vi., 7, 100 — Common all the year round in Addison Co., 

 'V't. — R. (E. Robinson), vi., 10, 148 — Common at all times at Fort 

 Wayne, lad. -6. Aug. Smith, vi., 11, 163— Observed at Leesburg, 

 Va., March 38, 1876— E. Ingersoll (authority), vi., 13, 181— Com- 

 mon at all times at Dan vers, Mass. — Arthur F. Gray, vi., 17, 366 — 

 Scarce this spring at Lake City, Minn. , though usually common — D. C. 

 Estes. vi., 30, 318 - Noticed at Ferrisbilrgh, "Vt., April 9, 1876 ; they 

 are not nearly as plenty here as formerly — R. E. Robinson, vi., 33, 354 

 — Common all the year at Ann Arbor, Mich ; eggs are laid about May 

 10; sometimes rears two broods in the season — A. B. Covert, vii., 3, 

 36 — Found throughout the year in Central New York ; breeds ; most 

 common in winter — H. G. Fowler, viii., 7, 96 — "Very common resi-> 

 dent at Webster, N. H.; breeds — Chas. F. Goodhue, viii., 13, 195 — 

 Account of a Red-cockaded Woodpecker destroying a nest of this 

 species at Gainesville, Texas — G. H. R.(agsdale). viii., 19, 300 — 

 Found in Michigan—" Archer" (G. A. Stockweil). x., 9, 156 -Be- 

 ginning to build March 30, 1878, at East Hampton, Conn — W. W. 

 Coe. xi., 2, 35 — Numbers of them washed up on the shores of 

 Oneida Lake, N. Y., after a storm— J. P. Hutchins. xii., 3, 46 — 

 -Pound all winter at Schraalenburg, N. J.— " Alianus." xii., 7, 136 — 

 Noticed during the winter of 1878-79, in the Province of Quebec, 

 Canada — Everett Smith, xii., 13, 345 — Common all the year in 

 Nova Scotia--J. Matthew Jones. 



Pious pubescens gairdneri, Gairdner's Woodpecker, xii., 19, 365— Com- 



