Vol. I -1 ... 



No. I I Birds of Princeton. 



1901 J 



Order PICI. Woodpeckers, etc. 

 Family Picidae. Woodpeckers. 



84 (393)- Hairy Woodpecker. Dryobates villosus 



{Linn.^. 



A resident species much commoner than is generally supposed, 

 but only so during the colder months. Last winter (1900) I saw twelve 

 individuals, but few of them breed in this immediate neighborhood as 

 there are but two nesting records. On June 3, 1899, I found young in 

 a cavity high up in a pin oak, situated at the center of a very secluded 

 wood on Stony Brook near the Pump House. The parent birds seemed 

 much disturbed and did not return to breed the following spring. Mr. 

 Scott took a set of four eggs May 17, 1880, which is now in the Univer- 

 sity Collection. 



85 (394). Downy Woodpecker. Dryobates pubes- 



cens medianus {Swains.). 



A common resident, especially in the neighborhood of the Mill- 

 stone. These birds appear to be more abundant during the colder 

 months than in summer, but this is merely due to the fact that during 

 the latter season they are rather retiring and seclusive in their habits, 

 and nests are not as frequently found as the number of birds would in- 

 dicate. In this locality the eggs are generally laid about the second 

 week in May, a new cavity being excavated each year. Mr. Scott took 

 a nest with five incubated eggs June 2, 1882, which is now in the Uni- 

 versity Collection. 



86 (402). Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. Sphyrapicus 



varius {Linn.). 

 A not uncommon migrant and rare winter resident. Dr. Farr tells 

 me that one lived at his place on Van Deventer Street during the greater 

 part of last February, igoi. The great majority, however, pass north- 

 ward during March and April, returning in October and November. 



87 (402(z). Red-naped Sapsucker. Sphyrapicus varius 



nuchalis Baird. 

 A single mounted specimen in the University Collection, No. 521, 

 approaches this form and was taken by Mr. Scott, October 21, 1876. 



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