1902J Moore Notes on some Canadian Birds. 133 



Downy Woodpecker {Dryobates pubescens). 



A set ot fresh eggs taken May 27th, was found in a poplar 

 stub 25 feet up on shore of lake. This species is about as plentiful 

 in winter as in summer. 



Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker {Picoides arcticus). 



Breeds in northern counties of New Brunswick. A bird was 

 taken in June, 46 N., that was without doubt a breeding in- 

 dividual. Its back was besmeared with balsam. I have a set of 

 4 fresh eggs taken in June, near Nictor Lake, Restigouche county, 

 from a nest excavated in a live fir tree, four feet from the ground. 

 The eggs are 1 x .75 inches, with well polished surface. Entering 

 the cavity in a live fir-tree would account for the balsam on the 

 back of the bird secured. 



American Three-toed Woodpecker {Picoides americanus). 



I have observed this bird in region of Nictor Lake, Resti- 

 gouche county, in the months of November and December. They 

 were tolerably common. I have been unable to discover a trace 

 of them in New Brunswick during the breeding period. 



Yellow-Bellied Sapsucker [Sphyrapicus varius). 



Arrives from the south during the middle of April, and soon 

 becomes fairly common. The birds sometimes work for weeks, 

 making an excavation for a nest, which is most often in an ash- 

 tree with a decayed top. The eggs are laid in June. The young 

 are very noisy, and may be heard calling in the nest, from a dis- 

 tance of 100 yards. I have observed the adults feeding the young, 

 when a trip would be made every two minutes. The time was 

 about sundown, and they were probably fixing up for the night. 



PiLEATED Woodpecker {Ceophloeus pileatus). 



The young are known to leave the nest late in June. 



Flicker {Colaptes aiiratus). 



This species comes north during April, and stays until Octo- 

 ber ; yet the bulk of the birds go south the last ten days in 

 September. They sometimes nest for several successive years in 

 the same nest, in which 9 and 10 eggs are laid in June. A pair 

 nested for two summers in a limb of a birch-tree within 100 yards 



