. The birds of Wyoming . The Birds of Wyoming. 91 406. Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Linn.).Red-headed Woodpecker. Summer resident in eastern Wyoming, rather common;but decreasing in number to the westward. They have beenreported as follows: Drexel, Fort Laramie; McCarthy, La-Bonte creek; Williston, a dozen seen from May 26 to June 26at Lake Como; Bond, common at Cheyenne; Jesurun, commonat Douglas; West, from Buffalo; Nos. 38303, 88148 and 88150taken from Fort Laramie, and Laramie peak, by collectors forthe Smithsonian Institution. Coues also reports specimenstaken from Bitter Cottonwood and La
. The birds of Wyoming . The Birds of Wyoming. 91 406. Melanerpes erythrocephalus (Linn.).Red-headed Woodpecker. Summer resident in eastern Wyoming, rather common;but decreasing in number to the westward. They have beenreported as follows: Drexel, Fort Laramie; McCarthy, La-Bonte creek; Williston, a dozen seen from May 26 to June 26at Lake Como; Bond, common at Cheyenne; Jesurun, commonat Douglas; West, from Buffalo; Nos. 38303, 88148 and 88150taken from Fort Laramie, and Laramie peak, by collectors forthe Smithsonian Institution. Coues also reports specimenstaken from Bitter Cottonwood and LaBonte creeks. To thewestward from the Laramie mountains, this species becomesless and less abundant and near the western line of the state isquite rare. There are four specimens in the University col-lection. Three were taken at Laramie and one at Buffalo. 408. Melanerpes torquatus (Wils.).Lewiss Woodpecker. Summer resident and very common in northern Wyoming,where they breed in great numbers. In the southern part of. LEWIS IVOOOPECHaR. the state there are a few that remain each year in the moun-tainous country and breed. I have found this beautiful birdin greatest abundance along the streams flowing into the west- 92 Wyoming Bxperiment Station. ern side of the Big Horn basin. One August while drivingup Meeteese creek they were almost constantly in sight andin many bends of the creek I could count upwards of a dozenperched on the very tops of the tall cottonwood trees. In thislocality they were easily approachable and entirely differentfrom what they usually are when migrating or found as iso-lated pairs. In 1856 Wood found these birds on Pole creek on ; Hayden captured 6 specimens at Laramie peak, , 1857; Drexel took a specimen west of Fort Laramie, 1858;Grinnell reports them from Yellowstone park, 1875, and notesseen in considerable numbers along little timbered streamsrunning into the Yellowstone river. Grinnell also makes thefollowing coniment on this species i
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