GeDeral .Notes, 
Notes from Connecticut, 
Jno. H. Sage, Portland. 
Ceophloeus pileatus — Through the kindness of Mr. Gordon Trumbull' 
I am able to record a recent capture of this rare Woodpecker. One was 
shot at Granby, Conn., Nov. t, 1890, by Mr. Lewis S. Welch of Hartford. 
Mr. Trumbull saw the bird soon after it was mounted. Auk X, Oct , 189 3 -g 371 
Ceophlceus pileatus. — Mr. Gurdon Trumbull tells me that a Pileated 
Woodpecker was seen at Granby, Conn., during the early part of the 
winter of 1S94-95. It was followed a mile or more and fully identified 
but was not captured. This bird was in practically the same locality 
where one was killed Nov. 1, 1890 (Auk, X, 1893, 371). 
The Pileated Woodpecker in Connecticut.— Late last December, Mr. 
Charles S. Starr, a recent graduate of Yale, saw in Cornwall, western 
Connecticut, what was undoubtedly a Pileated Woodpecker. He describes 
it as a large black bird nearly the size of a Crow, with a crimson patch on 
the back of its head, and some white markings, also having a very long 
bill. It was clinging to the trunk of a dead tree, pecking, and climbing 
up spiralfy. It moved by short hops, and was slow and irregular in flight- 
I think he has described the species very satisfactorily. Its occurrence ini 
this State is now, I think, very uncommon. — Herbert K. Job, Kent , Conn. 
Auk, XVIII, April., 1901, p- ' 
Pileated Woodpecker near Litchfield, Conn.— To-day (June 20 , 1908 ), 
while driving near my home in Litchfield, Conn., I had the good fortune to 
■see a fine specimen of the Pileated Woodpecker ( Ceophlceus pileatus abieti- 
cola). ^It was on the wing and high up when I first saw him, and beginning 
to cross, almost at right angles to our course, a deep valley which we were 
to drive through lengthwise. He was far off when first seen and my 
attention was attracted by his lazy, even flight and his great size. But 
his flight soon brought him directly over our road and a little way in front 
of us. Then I could see the great white markings on his wings. The bird 
flew on across the valley and with a swoop, which ended with an upward 
curve, entered the foliage of a large maple, which stood upon the mountain 
side, making for its trunk. He had alighted too far up the valley side for 
me to follow up the search, and, indeed, there was no need for this because 
his markings and manner of flight had made the identification plain. 
The region is extremely wild and rugged, in the Berkshires.— John 
Hutchins, Litchfield, Conn. 
Auk 25 Oct, 1908 ,p, t/ 7 <j - 
