312 TEANSACTIONS OF THE [1895 



Sphyrapicus varius (402). Yellow-bellied Sapsticker. 



Common during migrations, September 27 ('79, Resler) to 

 October 26 ('94), and again from March 12 ('92, Gray) to 

 May 2 ('93, Fisher). No doubt this species winters in soutliern 

 Maryland, as specimens have been taken near Baltimore on 

 November 8 ('84, Resler); November 12 ('92, Gray); Novem- 

 ber 26 ('93); December 6 ('93, J. H. Fisher, Jr.); December 

 24 ('92, Blogg), and January 1 ('92, Resler). 



At Washington, "J. D. Figgens got one on January 14, '88; 

 one was shot February 15, about '59, and one was seen about 

 the middle of January, '94" (Richmond). 



At Hagerstown they were noted during January and Decem- 

 ber, '79; January," February, March, October, November and 

 December, '80, and from January right along to July, and also 

 in October, '81 (Small). On July 6, '95, (Tylor) adults feed- 

 ing young were noted at Deer Park. 



Ceophloeus pileatus (405). Pileated "Woodpecker. 



Fairly common in the heavily wooded parts of Maryland. 

 Early in June '95 a nest was found by Mr. L. D. Willis near 

 Church Creek, Dorchester County. It contained 3 eggs; 2 nearly 

 hatched, the other rotten. It measured 2 feet 2 inches deep by 

 8 inches in diameter, the entrance was 5^ inches across and 20 

 feet from the ground, in a rotten stub. November 17 to 22, '94 

 (Fisher), quite a number were seen in Somerset County, and 

 one was observed to enter a hole in a stub. 



"Mr. Palmer has 3 specimens bought in market (Washing- 

 ton) on the 9th of January, '79, which had been shot in Mary- 

 land, near the District line" (A. C, 81-2). "Said to be not 

 rare at Johnson's Gully, Maryland, near Marshall Hall, and 

 about 14 miles from Washington. Must be quite common in 

 Virginia, as a market gunner brought me nine at one time. 

 He would not disclose the locality, but said it was in Virginia" 

 (Richmond). Quite a number are exposed for sale in our 

 Baltimore markets each winter, but they are all said to come 



