Some Birds of Lewis Co, N, Y, 
0. Hart Merriam 
/X* Clc£is*- 
Hylotomus pileatus, 
Bull. N, 0.0, 3, April, 1878. p. 53 
Stoat® Bsrd« of Lewis Co, N. Y, 
O. Hart Merriam 
Hylatomus pileatus. Pileated Woodpecker ; Black Log 
Cock; Cock of the Woods. — This splendid species, commonly 
known among our hunters as the “Black Cock of the Woods,” 
and, once common, is now becoming rare in Lewis County, although 
it is still a resident of the deep Canadian forests along our eastern 
border. A few are killed each year in the Adirondack region, and 
Mr. Dayan informs me that scarcely a season passes but that two 
or three specimens are taken in the vicinity of Lyon’s Falls, — so 
near do they approach civilization. 
6 Hylotomus pileatus. Pileated Woodpecker. Mr. J. Akhur. t, 
of Brooklyn, informs me that at least three individuals ot this species 
have been met with on Long Island. In 1842 or 1843 he saw one at what 
fs now East New York, Kings County. Another was sent to him about 
thirty years ago from the eastern part of the Island; the third which 
obtained two years ago, was captured near Jamaica, Qpeens County. 
Bull. N, 0.0. 6, April, 1881 , 
Birds of the Adirondack Region. 
C. H, Merriaci. 
107 Hylotomus pileatus (Linn.) Baird. Pileated Woodpecker 
A tolerably common resident, and much more abundant now than it 
was ten years ago. 
Bull N, 0.0. a, Oct, 1881, P.232 
| .Birds Tioga, 0©, N.Y. . Ald§aJtpUflg| 
,371 Plicated Woodpecker. Very rare, bu 
two of those birds having come under my oh, 
serrations. These wore shot hy farmois. ^ | 
Sun©* 18Q0 ‘ p ' 8 ° 
Dutcher, Rare Long Island Birds. 
Ceophlceus pileatus. Pileated Woodpecker.— There are two spe- 
cimens of this large Woodpecker in the collection, both of which were 
mounted from birds brought to Mr. Akhurst in the flesh. One was pre- 
sented by Mr. H. G. Reeve, and the other belonged at one time to the late 
Mr. Philip M. Brasher. Further than that they are Long Island birds, 
Mr. Akhurst can give no information. lie states that before the outskirts 
of Brooklyn were built upon, there was a large tract of forest running 
eastward from the Flatbush' road. While there were many places in it 
that were denuded of trees and overgrown with under-scrub and second- 
growth, yet as a whole the timber was large and of the original growth. 
It was a very fine collecting ground, being situated at the extreme western 
end of the Island, and a large majority of the birds migrating over Long 
Island naturally sought this tract for resting and feeding. For years in 
the spring and fall, Mr. Akhurst visited this place almost daily, either 
alone or in company with Col. Pike, and many of the rarest specimens 
now in the Long Island Historical collection, were obtained on these 
excursions. During one of them Mr. Akhurst saw two Pileated Wood- 
peckers, but they were so extremely wild that he did not secure either of 
them. Being perfectly familiar with the species, he is satisfied that he was 
not mistaken in the identification. These four specimens are all that have 
ever come to his notice. 1 ___ 
1 See Bull. Nuttall Ornith. Club, Vol. VI, p. 126. j . 
Auk X, July, 1893 p 276 . 
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