^ . 
During the same Win- 
ter I also observed a Golden-winged Wood- 
pecker {Gqlajytes auratus) several mornings 
in succession feeding on the berries of the 
mountain ash./ 
O. vn. faw, Ifrif-g. 13 V. 
yty/rLtA jwvi*' ^ 
Birds of Upper St. 
■o&tckeid&r. 
John, 
77. Colaptes auratus ( Linn .) Sw. Golden-winged Woodpecker. 
— Rather common at Fort Fairfield. Not common at Grand Falls. 
BulXN.O.G. 7, July, 1882, p.150 
Birds ■within Ten Miles of Point 
de Monts, Gan, Ooineau&Merriam 
57. Colaptes auratus. 
common summer resident. 
Golden-winged Woodpecker. 
First seen May 14, 1882. 
A tolerably 
Buli.N.0.0, 7 t Oot, X882, p # 237 
Records from Toronto. B.E. T.Seton. 
Colaptes auratus (hybrid with C. mexicanns) . — This remark- 
able specimen was shot by Mr. Burton, just outside the City 
of Toronto, in September, 1883. The following is its descrip- 
tion. 
Sex? Length, 34 cm. ; wing, 16.5 : tail, > 1.5 ; bill, 3.5 ; tarsus, 3 ; middle 
toe and claw, 3. Color : Above as in the male auratus , but darker and 
more pronounced. The purplish-gray of the throat is very rich and has 
a glaucous gloss. Pectoral crescent and black maxillary mark very large. 
Spots on the breast large and unusually numerous. Breast and sides 
tinged with yellow. First four primaries with shafts and under side red ; 
the next two shade into yellow in the terminal third. The last two sec- 
ondaries are as in mexicanus. The rest of the quills as in auratus. The 
under coverts are pink. The tail-feathers are as in mexicanus , but towards 
the middle are more and more tinged with yellow. Otherwise this speci- 
men resembles a large male aurat?is in very high plumage. 
I have nothing but descriptions and my memory for making 
comparisons with viexicanus , and suspect that the red on the 
quills is not quite so deep as in the typical bird. Yet this need 
not invalidate the description of the specimen, which is evidently 
a fine hybrid, and chiefly remarkable for having been taken at 
Toronto. This specimen is in the possession of Mr. Cross, taxi- 
dermist. 
Auk, 2, Oct., 1885. p.335 
Last Dates Migratory B irds ol>ser vedby 
B. D. Wintle, Fall 1885, Montreal, Can. 
er, 
‘Stjsjr.l it Golden-winged Woodpeck-j 
O.&o. XI. Mar. 1886. p. -7V 
