512 NOTES ON SOME OF THE 
Island and Eastern Connecticut than it is in Eastern Massa- 
chusetts. : 
PILEATED WoopPECKER. “Loe Cock." Hylotomus pi- 
leatus Baird. The capture here of a bird so nearly extir- | 
pated in most parts of Massachusetts as is this, is a fact : 
of interest. Mr. J. G. Scott informs me that he has taken 
three specimens near Westfield. Dr. Wood wrote me in 
1864 that one was killed about five years before at East l 
Windsor Hill, and that he had also seen it about twenty ; 
miles to the westward of this locality. ; 
Brack-BACKED THREE-TOED WoopPECKER. Picoides arc- . 
ticus Gray. Mr. Scott took two specimens, male and female, ; 
of this northern species at Westfield in 1867. i 
BANDED THREE-TOED WoopreckEr. Picoides hirsutus | 
Gray. Ilearn from Mr. George O. Welch, of Lynn, that he 
took a pair of these birds some years since not far from that 
town. Dr. Brewer also gave it in his additions to the " Cata- 
logue of the birds of the state” given by Dr. Hitchcock,” — ' 
but it has not usually been numbered among the birds of the 
state, and doubtless occurs only as an accidental winter 
visitor. 
YELLOW-BELLIED FLYCATCHER. Empidonax flaviventris 
Baird. As remarked by Dr. Coues in his “List of the Birds 
of New England,” this species is probably less rare than the 
collectors usually suppose. It seems to prefer woods and 
thickets, and its close resemblance to E. minimus when & 
few yards distant tends to prevent its more frequent capture. 
I generally meet with quite a number each year in May, 
sometimes several in a single excursion. Mr. Maynard 
informs me that he took eight specimens in a few hours May 
31st, the present year. It has been observed in the breeding 
season as far south as Washington, D. C., by Dr. Coues. 
Varp Tunusm. Turdus nevius Gmelin. As already 
recorded in Dr. Coues “Addenda,” this western species has 
_ at last been taken in Massachusetts, a specimen having bee? 
VCR E ER oe eae) ee Suec SH TER EE 

* Jour. Bost. Soc. Nat. Hist., Vol. i, p. 437. 

