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8. Accipter cooper! . Cooper Hawk. These hawks were fairly common tho wild, 
and were seen nearly every day. One specimen in immature plumage was taken 
September 19, 1907. It was flying around the trees above camp just at daylight, 
calling “kek-kek-kek-kek” and was shot by Mr. Bunker after some trouble in 
locating it. 
9. Otus asio asio. Screech Owl. Common all around camp but only one or 
two seen. In the evening they were quite noisy, and it was a pleasure to hear 
their tremulous notes, while we were sitting around in the dusk, smoking, reading 
or telling yarns after a hard day’s work. We could never tell whether the notes 
came from the trees above us, or from farther away, and we tried several times to 
locate the birds without success. One night about nine o'clock while I -was sitting 
on a stone wall watching for whip-poor-wills, an owl swoopt down at my head 
several times. It w T as very dark and I could only see a shadow 7 as it went by, but 
by a chance shot, I secured it with the auxiliary barrel. 
10. Coccyzus americanus americanus. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. This species 
was common in the timber everywhere, and its loud notes were often heard. They 
were rather shy, however, and while we were moving around we only saw a few, 
most of our birds flying in on us, when we were motionless. They were excessively 
fat, and the greater part of them were molting, so that they made poor specimens. 
Occasionally we heard their notes at night. 
11. Ceryle alcyon. Belted Kingfisher. One or tw 7 o seen occasionally along 
Washington creek, but the streams in the neighborhood were too small to attract 
many of the birds. The only one taken was excessively fat, showdng that there 
was an abundance of food, as would naturally be expected; but the Kingfisher 
appears to prefer larger streams as a whole, and does not wander far back along the 
smaller creeks. 
12. Dryobates villosus villosus. Hairy Woodpecker. Common everywhere 
thru the timber, and a number were taken. All were in fine plumage, and most of 
those secured were shot in the trees above camp. 
13. Dryobates pubescens medianus. Downy Woodpecker. These little birds 
were common everywhere in the timber, and numbers were seen. They appear to 
have about the same habits the year around and are always trusting and confiding. 
They are one of the most abundant birds in this vicinity, taking the year as a 
whole, and are more numerous than in any other locality where I have ever 
collected. Forty-one specimens were taken. 
14. Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Red-headed Woodpecker. These birds 
were met with as stragglers in the edges of the timber on both years, and one or 
two were taken around camp. Straggling flocks occurred along Hasty Creek, 
where the birds kept to the tops of the smallest trees. They were in company with 
the flickers, and like them, made long flights across the fields. Of twelve speci- 
mens, only three are adult, and, of the immature birds, the females appear to be 
slightly paler in color than the males. One immature bird shows a few red feath- 
ers on the crown and throat. 
15. Centurus carolinus. Red-bellied Woodpecker. These woodpeckers 
occasionally came into the trees about camp, but most of them were found in the 
timber. One or two of the adults taken are in very highly colored plumage. 
16. Colaptes auratus luteus. Northern Flicker. These birds were fairly common 
along the edges of the timber, and in the creek bottoms, but were wild and hard to 
secure. They did a great deal of flying back and forth between the hills, and the 
high trees above camp proved a tempting resting place for them. Colaptes c. 
collar is appears to occur here only during the fall and winter. 
