Some Birds of Lewis Co, N, Y, 
O. Hart Merriam 
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Sphyrapicus varius, 
Bull. N. 0.0, 3, April, 1878. p. 53 
Birds of the Adirondack Region. 
C.B.Merriaia. 
106. Sphyrapicus varius ( Linn .) Baird . Yellow-bellied Wood- 
pecker. — Common summer resident, breeding in all sorts of places. 
Bull. N. 0.0, diOct, 1881, m232 
Flew Against the Window. — Yesterday, April 3, two 
yellow-bellied woodpeckers {Sphyrapicus varius), still warm, 
were brought into this office. A few moments before, the 
birds, one pursuing the other, had flown against the plate- 
glass windows of the Times office and been killed. It was 
rather an odd place for this to happen, in the heart of the 
city. They must have been resting in the City Hall Park, 
and, chasing each other either in sport or rage, have so met 
their death. I $rt~9 A • 
Notes on Some Winter Residents of 
Hudson Valley. E, A. Meatus. 
14. Sphyrapicus varius. Yellow-bellied Woodpecker. — Fre- 
quently observed in the Highlands during the severest winter weather. 
Mr. ihcknell gives the following record from Riverdale : “ November 24, 
1872 ; December 3, 1874 ; and January 22, 1876. On the latter date onj 
was shot while feeding on some decayed apples that still hung on the 
branches of a tree, close to the house.” Another was taken the same 
month also feeding on decayed apples. Mr. A. J. Huyler states that 
the Yellow-bellied Woodpeckers stayed at Tonally, N. J., until the last 
ct December, 1877 ; and that they were more abundant than they had 
been for a number of years.” . 
Bull. N. 0.0. 4, Jan., 1879, p.36 
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Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Not common. 
B. A. Sterling, Brooklyn, Pa. 
Auk, XIX, July, 1902, p.298. J 
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s. Sphyrapicus varius. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker.— M r. Embody 
reckons this a “very common transient visitant.” It is only tolerably 
common as a migrant, but a few remain to breed. 
dy Aujs:, XX, July, 1903, p 
