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Title: The American Museum journal
Identifier: americanmuseumjo06amer (find matches)
Year: c1900-(1918) (c190s)
Authors: American Museum of Natural History
Subjects: Natural history
Publisher: New York : American Museum of Natural History
Contributing Library: American Museum of Natural History Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Fig. II. Reu-heaiiei> Woodpecker. *Red-headed Woodpecker (Mchmcrpcs crythvoccpJiaJus). A summer resident of local distribution and a not uncommon and sometimes abundant migrant. Occasionally it is found in winter. Red-bellied Woodpecker (Ccntiirus carc'- liiiiis). Eastern I'nited States breeding from Florida to Virginia, and in the interior, to Ontario and Southern Dakota; occasionally strays to Massachusetts; winters from south- ern Ohio southward. Giraud speaks of this bird as breeding on Long Island, but it now occurs here only rarely and irregularly. ♦Flicker: High-hole; Clape (Colaptcs aiini- tiis liitcits). Our commonest Woodpecker. It is resident, but is much more common in the summer than in the winter, and is particularly numerous during its migrations in September and October. Order MACROCHRIES. Goatsuckers, Swifts, etc. Family CAPRIMULGID.^l Goatsuckers. * Whip-poor-will (Antrostoiiiits I'ocifcnts). In some localities near New York City the Whip-poor-will is a common summer resident. It arrives about )\Iay i and leaves about Octo- ber I. *Nighthawk (Cliordcilcs z'irgiiiianus). The Xighthawk is here a more or less common local summer resident. Even in New York City, where it has been known to lay eggs on the house-top, its characteristic note, pcciit. pcciit, uttered while it is coursing for food, is not in- frequently heard. It arrives early in )\Iay and migrates southward in September and October, sometimes occurring at this season in large flocks. Fig. 12. Xighthawk. Family MICROPODID.F:. Swifts. *Chimney Swift (Chatiira pclagica). An abundant summer resident, ai riving the latter part of April and remaining until October. (See group, second floor).
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