RIDGWAY ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. 8l 



By the above measurements one will readily see that the eggs 

 average very even. They are of a pearly vv^hite color, and seem to 

 taper off, being more pointed at the small end than is usually the 

 case among the Picidce. The male of this pair, for these were the 

 only ones seen in the vicinity, was shot a little while before at the 

 brook. 



I afterwards observed some of these birds among the oaks in 

 the foot-hill canons, hearing their notes for the first time. Dr. 

 Cooper mentions taking the female from the nest and perhaps this 

 may be characteristic with the species; indeed it may be of frequent 

 occurrence among woodpeckers, but of the many woodpeckers' 

 nests that I have examined, none have been so persistent in holding 

 the fort as Dryobatcs nidtallii. 



