iit'» The Wilson Bulletin — No. 51. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Some Nesting Sites of the Hairy Woodpecker (Dryobates vil- 

 losus. — According to my experience the Hairy Woodpecker is not 

 a common breeder in this county, the majority of birds noted dur- 

 ing the period of nidification being transitory, as many a time I 

 have followed a bird to the woodland margin and seen it launch 

 forth, bound for some distant piece of timber. The four nesting 

 sites I have noted were in thick woods and discovered when least 

 expected. 



Site 1. P. C. G18, Grosse Pointe Twp., June 11, 1899.— Excava- 

 tion in trunk of very large barkless dead elm about 50 feet above 

 ground and 20 below first limb. My attention was directed to it 

 by watching the birds conveying food. The clamor of the young 

 could be distinctly heard. 



Site 2. Section 31, Nankin Twp., May 6, 1900.— Excavation in 

 trunk of dead beech 55 feet up and just under large limb. Con- 

 tained four slightly incubated eggs. Depth of cavity, eight inches. 

 Was located April 22. by watching the birds. 



Site 3. Section 3, Van Buren Twp., May 17, 1903. — Excavation 

 in poplar stub about fifteen feet above ground in thick second 

 growth containing many dead trees and stubs. Young responded 

 in joyous chorus to knock upon stub base. 



Site 4. Section 11. Brownstown Twp., May 23. 1903.— Total 

 height of beech about 40 feet and only the upper three feet of it 

 dead. Excavation near center of dead portion. Young noisy and 

 could be heard for a considerable distance whenever parents ap- 

 proached with food. Frequently protruded their heads from cavity 

 and were apparently about ready to leave nest. Parents very so- 

 licitous and fearless. J. Claire Wood. 



Wayne Co., Mich. 



Rubt-ceowxed Kinglet i\ WiMER. — On February 16. on the Ohio 

 State University campus. I observed a Ruby-crowned Kinglet (Reg- 

 ulus calendula) in a flock of about one hundred Golden crowned 

 Kinglet^ (Regulus satrapa). While the specimen was not secured 

 I am convinced that the bird was calendula. I am fairly familiar 

 with this brid as an April and October migrant: and further, I 

 was able to contrast it directly. Zend Metcalf. 



The Dickcissel (Spiza americana) i\ Wayxe Co., Mich. — The 

 Dickcis^el is a rare summer resident in Wayne county. This asser- 

 tion, as to its rarity, is based upon the fact that while business and 

 pleasure takes me into various sections of the county every sum- 

 mer, I have met with it during two years only, and furthermore. 

 no one else has observed it here so far as I know. 



The first bird was singing from the top of an elm sapling on the 

 margin of a dense bush land divided by a swale of marsh grass 



