Capture op Two Rare Birds in the Hudson River Valley. — 
1. Centurus carolinus (Linne) Swainson. Red-bellied Woodpecker. 
— I recently examined a handsomely mounted Woodpecker of this spe- 
cies in the possession of Mr. Jas. S. Buchanan, of Newburgh, which was 
taken at Cornwall, on the Hudson, in September, 1870. 
fc/y ^ C, . 77, n.y 
Bull, N. O.O, 3, July, 1878, p. . 
Some Birds of Lewis Co, N. Y 
C. Hart Morriam 
Centurus carolinus. Red-bellied Woodpecker. — Mr. C. L. 
Bagg has a mounted specimen of this Woodpecker, which he shot 
here (Locust Grove, Lewis County) during the winter of 1871 -2. 
Bull, N. 0.0. 4, J*n., 1879, p.6 
Editor of O. & O. 
Dear Sir,— 
It is mine to report the occurrence, in this 
vicinity of two rare birds. 
The first, a Red- bellied Woodpecke r ( Cen- 
turus carolinus ) Ridgw. 372, identified by Will 
P. Chase and John P. Chase of this place, June 
2nd, 1885. 
The second, a Yellow-bellied Woodpecker 
Sphyrapicus varius ) Ridgwy 369, found with a 
nest of four young in an orchard apple-tree, 
June 5th, 1886. 
These birds have never been taken in this 
county, (to my knowledge) before or since the 
dates given. 
The avi-fauna of Orleans County is now' in 
preparation and promises to show, when com- 
pleted, the names of over two hundred well 
authenticated birds. 
°**0. v-.- Respectfully, 
/O 
, Auk, XII, July, 1895, p. 3 ) 3 . 
Melanerpes carolinus. Red-bellied Woodpecker.- I saw one at 
the taxidermist’s that was shot at North Collins, Erie Co., in October 
i8 94- ’ 
Neil P. Posson. 
p/^lledina, N. Y, 
Dutcher, Rare Iionf? Island Birds. 
Melanerpes carolinus. Red-bellied Woodpecker.— This specimen 
was presented by the late Dr. H. F. Aten, of Brooklyn ; there are no data 
connected with it. Mr. Akhurst states that during the period he was 
actively collecting in the tract of timber referred to above, he saw several 
specimens of M. carolinus, but for a great many years he has not found 
any. The absence of the species probably arises from the fact that the 
character of the country has been entirely changed by the cutting down of 
the forestsand the occupation of the land by dwellings and streets. 
Au: X. July, 1893 p 276-6. 
A New Long fsland: 3 ^: V, ft'edol^o®’ tlPe’ Red-bellied Woodpecker 
{Melanerpes carolinus ). — When visiting Mr. C. DuBois Wagstaff at Baby- 
lon, N. Y., last fall, I noticed a well-mounted specimen of this southern 
Woodpecker among a collection of local birds, and on inquiring the par- 
ticulars of its capture, Mr. Wagstaff informed me that he shot it upon a 
locust tree close to the house, a year or two after the war. A specimen 
was shot by me in Flushing, N. Y., in October 1870, which 1 understood 
was the second record for Long Island, N. Y., but this bird antedates my 
specimen some years. The specimen in the collection of Mr. Geo. N. 
Lawrence, which was taken at Raynor South by a Mr. Ward, was killed 
man J years ago and was, I believe, the first record for this locality. 
Robert B. Lawrence, New York City. 
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