TIJH CANADIAN SPORTSMAN AND NATURALIST. 





regularly but is not abundant. Remains all 



winter. 



115. Pious pubescent ; Downy Woodpecker. A 

 common resident. 



116. Picoidex Arcticus; Black-backed three- 

 toed Woodpecker. Very rare. One taken iii 

 London in the fall of 1875. 



117. Picoidee hirsutus ; Banded Three-toed 

 Woodpecker. One shot about :») miles north of 

 London in winter of 1881-82. 



118. Sphyrapicus varius ; Yellow-bellied Wood- 

 pecker. Common in migrations and quite a 

 number remain to breed. 



L19. Hylotomus pileatus ; Pileated Woodpecker. 

 Very rare. Has retired to less thickly settled 

 districts. 



120. Ccnturus Garolinus ; Red-bellied Wood- 

 ' pecker. Rather common in migrations and a 



few breed. Mcllwraith says, " On the third of 

 May (1865) I shot three specimens of tins bird 

 near Chatham. Farther east it is quite rare." 



121. Melanerpes erythrocephalus ; Red-headed 

 Woodpecker. The most abundant of this family 

 and no favorite with Hie farmer, as it makes 

 large and increasing depredations on the fruit 

 crop. In mild winters a few remain. 



122. Colaptes auralus ; Highholder. Only less 

 abundant than the last. Migrates earlier and 

 returns later. 



123. Ceryle alci/on ; Kingfisher. Common 

 along the rivers and streams. Breeds in holes 

 five to eight feet long and makes no nest. 



124. Goccyzus Americanus; Yellow-billed 

 Cuckoo. Rather common. Mcllwraith says, 

 "Have only seen one specimen of this bird in 

 Canada." 



125. Goccyzus erythrqphthalmus ; Black-billed 

 Cuckoo. Common. Breeds. There is a marked 

 scarcity of this species this year. Have often 

 blown six eggs from a nest. 



(To be continued.') 



COLEOPTERA FOUND IN THE 

 PROVINCE OF QUEBEC. 



By William Couper. 



Monocrepidics auritus, Herb si. 

 Agriotes 1 niancus, Say. 



2 fu.scosu.9j LeConte. 



3 limosue, " 



4 pubescens, Mels. 



5 stabilis, Lee. 

 Dolopius pauper, Lee. 

 Betarmon bigeminatus, Rand. 

 Melanotus 1 fissilis, Say. 



2 communis, Gyll. 



3 decuman us, Er. 



Mi.i \ igittarius, I.- 



5 deprest 



• ' : • . /' 

 7 In 

 I.IMONIIS I g] 



2 phebt 



3 ectyp lc . Say. 



4 baeilaris, Say. 



; roue, Say. 



Cami'vi.ts denticornis, AV/'oy. 



ATHOUS I atlini-. ' 



2 rufifrons, \ 



'.'< Brightwelli, Say. 



4 bipnnctatus, I 



5 acanthus, ' s '".v- 

 (Estopes tenuicollis, Band. 

 Cobymbites 1 trinudulatus, Sand. 



2 hieroglypbicus, Say. 

 '.'< splendens, Z 



1 aeripennis, Kir by. 



5 pulcher, /.• i , 



6 aeranus, 1,'hikI. 



7 cylindriformis, // 



8 vernal is, Hinlz. 



9 Kendalli. Germ. 



10 tarsalis, M 



1 1 falsificus, / 



1 2 athoides, 



13 pyrrhos, " 



14 appressifrous, Rand. 

 L5 tessellatus, Linn. 



16 vulneratus, Lee. 



1 7 spinosus, 



1 8 sulsicollis, Say. 

 L9 medianus, Gt rm. 



Asaphes 1 memnoniu8, Herbst. 



2 decoloratus, Say. 



3 melaaophthalinus, Mels. 



4 aereus, M< Is. 



5 brevicollis, Lee. 

 Cebrio bicolor, Fdbr. 

 Pityobuis 1 Billingsii, Bland. 



2 anguinus, I.< c. 

 Hants maculipennis, " 

 Sericosomus 1 (uscicornis, Lee. 



2 incongruus, " 

 Oxtgonus obesus, Lee. 

 Dictyoptera perfaceta, Say. 

 Eukypogon niger, Mels. 

 Oyphon 1 pallipes, Lee. 



2 tusciceps, " 



3 nebulosus " 



4 ruficollis, Say. 

 SoiRTES tibialis. 



Calopteron 1 reticulatum, Fabr. 



2 apicalis, 



