70 BIRDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN 



in the fall he found a Kingfisher about the 

 Frog Pond. **Once the fellow sprung his 

 watchman's rattle." These occurrences 

 were previous to the year 1883. 



Dr. Charles W. Townsend writes me that 

 he has in his collection the skin of a female 

 Kingfisher which was found dead on Marl- 

 borough Street near Clarendon Street on 

 October 5, 1907, the bird apparently hav- 

 ing been killed by striking the house. 



18. Hairy Woodpecker 



Dryohates viUosus 



In two spring seasons a Hairy Wood- 

 pecker, a male bird each time, has made a 

 lengthened stay in the Garden, occasionally 

 passing over to the Common and being 

 noted there when not seen in the Garden. 

 The first visit was of a bird which appeared 

 March 27, 1904, and remained until April 

 18 ; the second visit was of a bird which re- 

 mained from March 19 to 28, 1905. Both 

 birds at times gave their long rattle calls. 



Two autumn and winter records have 

 also been obtained, one of a bird in the 



