

— 46 — 



based on a specimen taken at Hoboken, N.J.(La7urence, Ann. Lye. 

 Nat. Hist., VIII, 1866, p. 291). 



*I93. Sphyrapicus varius {Linn ). Yellow-bellied Wood- 

 pecker. (402.)— Breeds from Massachusetts northward, and win- 

 ters from Virginia to Central America. It is here a common 

 spring and fall migrant. 



194. Ceophlceus pileatus {Linn.). Pileated Woodpecker. 

 (405.) — " Formerly whole wooded region of North America ; now 

 rare or extirpated in the more thickly settled parts of the Eastern 

 States." This large Woodpecker occurs near New York only as a 

 rare straggler. 



*I95. Melanerpeserythrocepha- 



lus (Linn.). Red-headedWoodpecker. 

 (406.)— Eastern North America, breed- 

 ing from Florida to northern New York 

 and Manitoba, and wintering from Vir- 

 ginia southward, and occasionally far- 

 ther north. With us a summer resi- 

 dent of local distribution and a not 

 uncommon, and sometimes abundant 

 migrant. 



196. Melanerpes carolinus 



(Linn.). Red-bellied Woodpecker. 

 (409.)— Eastern United States, breed- 

 ing from Florida to Virginia and, in 

 the interior, to Ontario and southern 

 Dakota, occasionally strays to Massa- 

 chusetts ; winters from southern Ohio 

 southward. 



Giraud speaks of this bird as breeding on Long Island but 

 it now occurs here only rarely and irregularly. 



*I97. Colaptes auratus (Linn.). Flicker; High-hole; 

 Clape. (412.)— North America, west to the eastern slope of the 

 Rocky Mountains and Alaska ; breeds throughout its range, and 

 winters from Illinois and southern New York southward. Our 

 commonest Woodpecker. It is resident, but is much more com- 

 mon in the summer than in the winter. 



Fig. 11. Red-headed 

 Woodpecker. 



