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parently true D. v. villosus. A family of five was seen, July 8, in the pine 

 forest near the Shelldrake River. 



66. Dryobates pubescens medianus. Downy Woodpecker. — This wood- 

 pecker is rare on the point. Only seven birds were seen, the first on July 

 20, 1912, on a white pine on the first sand dune near the beach. On August 

 1, 1912, a pair was discovered near the edge of a small pond, feeding on some 

 small dead willows, and in 1914 two pair were found near Vermilion. 



67. Picoides arcticus. Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker. — Only a few wood- 

 peckers of this species were seen, but it breeds on the point. On July 26, 

 1912, in an extensive area of burned over ridges and plains, a family was 

 found, and an adult male and one juvenile male were taken. The young 

 bird was still in the downy plumage. On July 27, 1912, two more were 

 seen in another place, and on July 29, 1914, a single bird was noted in a 

 pine forest near Vermilion. An aclult male taken near Vermilion in Febru- 

 ary, 1915, is in the University of Michigan museum. 



68. Sphyrapicus varius varius. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. — On July 15, 

 1914, a male was seen near Vermilion in the birch-pine forest, and a juvenile 

 bird was taken on July 25. These were the only ones seen, but its punctures 

 were observed on numbers of trees, and some quite fresh ones were noted 

 on jack pine trees on the point. 



69. Phloeotomus pileatus abieticola. Northern Pileated Woodpecker. — 

 This bird was found only in the beech-maple forest, west of Vermilion. On 

 July 11, 1914, Novy found a nest forty feet from the ground in a tall dead 

 white pine. The young were nearly grown and left the nest before July 



17. Another nest was discovered about six miles west of Vermilion. 



70. Tyrannus tyrannus. Kingbird. — The kingbird is apparently a rather 

 rare bird on the point and was seen only at Vermilion. In 1912, two pairs 

 lived about the beaver ponds, where they could usually be seen perched on 

 the dead tamarack trees or making short flights for insects. In 1914 the 

 writer found a nest on top of a low stump, in the edge of Vermilion Lake, 

 which contained two eggs on July 7; another nest was discovered on the 

 jack pine plains. June 30, which contained two eggs. 



71. Melanerpes erythrocephalus. Red-headed Woodpecker. — In 1914, the 

 writer saw three red-headed woodpeckers at the end of the point, on May 



18, and during the summer it was occasionally observed about burnings and 

 clearings near Vermilion. 



72. Colaptes auratus luteus. Northern Flicker. — The flicker is a common 

 breeder and was seen almost daily in all of the wooded habitats and in the 

 clearings, burnings and drier marshes everywhere on the point. 



73. Antrostomus vociferus vociferus. Whip-poor-will. — This species was 

 not seen in the region, but its call was heard twice, on May 20 and 29, both 

 times near the postoffice. 



74. Chordeiles virginianus virginianus. Nighthawk. — The nighthawk is 

 a common breeder on the point. One nest with young was found in a clear- 

 ing, July 15, 1912, and on July 8, 1914, a nest with young was discovered 

 in the pine forest at Vermilion. On August 1, 1912, a cool, clear day, num- 

 bers were observed flying all day over a small pond near a meadow at Ver- 

 milion. 



75. Chaetura pelagica. Chimney Swift. — Very few swifts were seen, al- 

 though a few nested in the buildings at the end of the point. A nest was 

 found at Vermilion on the inside of the gable end of a Knirn. This nest was 

 fastened against the boards, as is usual in such situations, and contained 



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