. A catalogue of the birds of Indiana. Birds. 60 Subgenus Centurus Swainson. "154, Melanerpes carolinus (Linn.). Red-hellied Woodpecker; "Guimea Wood- ; Resident throughout the State, more common in the southern portion. Pre- fcrR the denser woodlands and most often to be eouglit upon the uplands. These birds are quite shy and very suspicious. Genus COLAPTKs': Swainson. '155 Colaptes auratus (/>i«n.). Flicker; Yellow Hammer ; High-hole; Golden-winged Woodpecker. Common throughout the Slate. Resident in numbers soutliward, but not common in winters northward. Throughout
. A catalogue of the birds of Indiana. Birds. 60 Subgenus Centurus Swainson. "154, Melanerpes carolinus (Linn.). Red-hellied Woodpecker; "Guimea Wood- ; Resident throughout the State, more common in the southern portion. Pre- fcrR the denser woodlands and most often to be eouglit upon the uplands. These birds are quite shy and very suspicious. Genus COLAPTKs': Swainson. '155 Colaptes auratus (/>i«n.). Flicker; Yellow Hammer ; High-hole; Golden-winged Woodpecker. Common throughout the Slate. Resident in numbers soutliward, but not common in winters northward. Throughout fall, winter and early spring they are gregarious and may be found feeding in compauiej upon the meadows and stub- ble fields. Order MACROCTITPvES. Goatsuckers: Swifts: etc. Suborder CAPEIMULGI. Goatsuckers; etc. Family Goatsuckers ; etc. Genhs ANTROSTOMUS Gould. * 156. Antrostomus carolinensis (GircL). Ciiuck-will's-widow. A summer resident iu the lower Wabash valley, perhaps not rare. Breeds. (Ridgway.) Mr. writes me concerning its occurrence: "I have both seen the Chuck-will's-Widow and frequently heard its unmistakable note in Knox County, immediately opposite Mt. Carmel," (111.;, Mr. William Brewster was with Mr. Ridgway, April 20, 1878, when they identified a bird of this species, which hovered around their skill that evening on the Indiana Whip-i'Dor-will. '157- Antrostomus vociferus ( Wils.). Wfiip-pciur-will. A well known summer resident, arriving in Southern Indiana usually the second week in April. They deposit tbeir two eggs upon a few leaves in some natural depression in the ground soon after they arrive. They do not appear as numerous as they were some years ago, yet in nuitable localities several individuals may be found of an evening cccupying the same limited thicket on some warm hillside where they voice their characteristic note by the Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that
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