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May 1; "Fernwood, 111., and Des Moines, Iowa, May 2; Eockford, 111., 

 May 3; Luck, Wis., May 4; Aledo, 111., and Eipon, Wis., May 5; Ba- 

 tavia, 111., and Eochester, Minn., May 10 ; New Cassel, Wis., May 13; 

 Leeds Centre, Wis., and Waukon, Iowa, May 14; Ames, Iowa, and Elk 

 Eiver, Minn , May 15; Eiver Falls, Wis., May 18. It was given as a 

 very rare visitant near San Angelo, Tex., where one was shot in 

 Aug ust, 1885. In the fall of 1885 the last at Elk Eiver, Minn., was 

 seen September 4; at Eiver Falls, Wis., 'September 21; at Grinnell, 

 Iowa, August 15 ; at Des Moines, Iowa, September 15; at Fernwood, 

 III., September 26; and at Iowa City, Iowa, October SO. Many migrants 

 w ere seen at Saint Louis, Mo., October 10, all going southeast. 



408. Melanerpes torquatus (Wils.). [376.] Lewis's Woodpecker. 



A western Woodpecker, rare in our district. It has been taken by 

 Dr. Watson at Ellis, Kans., and is known to breed in the Black Hills 

 of Dakota (Grinnell). In the fall of 1884 Mr. Lloyd added this spe- 

 cies to the list of Texas birds. He says: "Two were here (near San 

 Angelo) before Christmas, and four arrived after our bad Christmas 

 norther." More recently Mr. Lloyd records it as a u winter visitor," 

 tolerably common on Spring Creek. 



409. Melanerpes carolinus (Linn.). [372.] Bed-bellied Woodpecker. 



South of latitude 35° in the Mississippi Valley the Bed-bellied Wood- 

 pecker is an abundant resident; north of this latitude for about five 

 degrees it is less common, but still resident; and from latitude 40° 

 northward to the limit of its range it is more or less migratory. In 

 Kansas it is an abundant resident (Goss). Mr. Peck writes from La 

 Porte, Iowa (latitude 42° 18'), that a few breed, but that most of them 

 migrate northward. Where they go is a mystery. None of the sta- 

 tions in northern Iowa reported the bird, and it is unknown in Minne- 

 sota. Years ago Mr. Trippe made the same observation, namely, that 

 "during the winter it is exceedingly abundant in southern Iowa, from 

 which section great numbers migrate on the approach of spring." In 

 Nebraska, Prof. Aughey says they are rarely seen north of the Platte, 

 and Dr. Agersborg states that it is a rare summer visitor in south- 

 eastern Dakota. In northern Illinois, Mr. Kline marks it as a rare 

 resident, and I have found it a rare summer bird at Eipon, Wis., 

 but am not aware of its occurrence there in winter. As Eipon is north 

 of the southern boundary of Minnesota, it is probable the species will 

 yet be found in that State. Dr. Hoy reported it from Eacine, Wis., 

 March 26, 1884. In central Texas, on the main Concho Eiver, it is 

 tolerably common in winter (Lloyd). 



410. Melanerpes aurifrons (Wagl.). [373.] Golden-fronted Woodjjecker. 

 Occurs in our district in Texas only. In the valley of the Lower Eio 



Grande it is an abundant resident. It was reported from Tom Green 

 and Concho Counties, by Mr. Lloyd, who states that it is an abundant 

 resident. He says it occurs west to the Castle Mountains, near Pecos 



