Notes on Some Winter Residents of 
Hadson Valley. E,A.Mea,rns. 
15. Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Red-headed Woodpecker. 
Mr Huyler says the Red-lieaded Woodpeckers stay at Tenafly all winter. 
They occur at that season about Pcekskill ; and I observed them in abun- 
dance at Locust Grove, Lewis County, Northern New York, during the 
last of December and early part of January, 1878. Several adult spec, 
mens that I shot had the ventral surface strongly discolored with reo, 
doubtless derived from the oak-trees, though my friend, Mr. C. Hart Mer- 
riam, assured me that no oak-trees grow in that region. 
BnlLN.O.O. 4 , Jan. , 1879 , p .36 
Birds observed in Naval Hospital 
Grounds, Brooklyn, G.H, Coues 
7. Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Red-headed Woodpecker. 
Common during summer. 
Bull. N. O.O. 4, Jan. , 1879. P- 
Birds of the Adirondack Region. 
O. H,Merriaxn. 
108. 
Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Linn.) Snainson. Re °- he ^“ 
WooDPECKER—Not common but breeds about the borders of the wilde - 
ness. 
Bull. N. 0.0. 6, Oct, 1881. P.232 
Prae- Zalau&aan Soa. of N.T. 38-89 
Mr. John N. Drake mentioned finding parasites resembling grains of 
rice among the feathers of eight specimens of Red-headed Woodpecker 
{Melanerpes erythrocephalus) taken by him in Sullivan Co., N, Y., last 
summer. 
a a Apr c 188& ■ '9< ' W 
Pme- Liinnaean Soo, of N. Y, 38-80 
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Atsk. 6 , Apr, 1889 , P. 202 
Oneida County, New Tork 
William L. Ralph & Egbert Bagg 
Melanerpes erythrocephalus.— Messrs. Shepard and Hughes found these 
birds at Remsen, Dec. 20 to 22, 188S. 
Auk, VII. July, 18 do, p„ 3 . 3 / - 
