An Ornithological Reconnaissance in Western North Carolina

QA Brewster o» the Birds of Western North Carolina.[January frequently observed a tendency toward albinism among individuals of this species.96.*Dryobates pubescens gairdneri.(394^.)Gairdner's Woodpecker.-A common resident and generally distributed.97.*Dryobates nuttalli.(397.)Nuttall's Woodpecker.-Resident, but not so common as the preceding.98. *Melanerpes formicivorus bairdi.(407.)California Woodpecker.-Resident and locally abundant.About ten miles from Santa Paula is the Ojai Valley which, shut off from the coast winds by a spur of the Coast Range, is thickly set with live-and white-oaks.Among these this Woodpecker is very common, and is by far the most conspicuous bird of the valley.Almost all the available space on the dead limbs seems to have been used by these industrious birds, which drill these limbs full of holes, and into these they drive great quantities of acorns.99. Melanerpes torquatus.(40S.)Lewis's Woodpecker.-I have taken this handsome Woodpecker at Newhall (40 miles up the Valley from Santa Paula) and at Pacheco Pass, but never saw it but once (November 2, 1880) in Ventiu-a County.I think it only a winter visitant here.100. *Colaptes cafer.(413.)Red-shafted Flicker.-An abundant resident.Individuals are occasionally seen grading into hybridtis.On January 12, iSSi, I took a most beautiful albino of this species.