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camp. Late in the evening, about 9 p. m. of July 20, one was heard. One 

 was seen July 15 in the aspens. An adult female was taken July 21. IV. 



2. The call was heard many times in the alders. IV. 3. One was seen in 

 the woods at the foot of the talus. 



26. Ceryle alcyon. Belted Kingfisher. II. 3. One alighted upon the 

 house top. IV. 2. Two birds were seen many times along Carp river. V. 



3. One seen near Carp Lake July 16 and an adult female was taken July 

 28. VII. 1 and 2. Several were observed at Little Carp Lake and at the 

 beaver meadows, August 2 and 3. 



27. Dryohates villosus. Hairy Woodpecker. II. 1. One adult male 

 was taken July 21 in the cedar swamp. II. 2. A young male was taken 

 July 22, and adult females July 24 and 29. II. 3. An adult female was- 

 taken August 10 in the clearing. III. A male and female were seen August 

 10 on a dead Norway pine. III. 5. Often found on the dead stubs on top- 

 of, or overhanging the cliff. VII. 1. One seen at Little Carp Lake, August. 

 7, VII. 2. One seen at the beaver meadow, August 3. 



28. Dryohates pubescens medianus. Downy Woodpecker. II. 3. Young 

 males were taken near camp August 2 and August 7, and an adult male 

 was taken July 28. III. 3. Male and female seen near camp, August 10 

 on Norway pines. III. 5. Only seen once, August 12, upon a decayed pine 

 stump. IV. 2. One seen in the tag alders, July 27. IV. 3. One was 

 seen in the maples at the foot of the cliff, July 28. VII. One was seen 

 August 6, at Little Carp Lake. 



29. Picoides arcticus. Arctic Three-toed Woodpecker. II. 1. One was. 

 seen on the road to camp, July 13, and an adult male was taken July 21.. 



30. Sphyrapicus varius. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. II. 3. A young; 

 female was taken near camp July 28. VI. One seen near Little Carp Lake, 

 August 3, and again on August 9. One was seen at Little Iron river, east 

 of the Porcupines, July 13. 



31. Coephloeus pileatus ahieticola. Northern Pileated Woodpecker. II. 

 1. A young female was taken July 27. II. 2. An adult female was taken 

 August 1 in the hardwoods. "A young male was taken July 28 This 

 I called to the tree nearest to me l^y clapping my hands, the method suggested 

 in Chapman's Handbook. Two were called on this occasion and came within 

 easy gun shot. After being called, they alighted and kept up a calling 

 and drumming noise.'' (Peet). "In the hardwood forest I saw a dead 

 hard maple which showed to good advantage the work of this bird. The 

 tree contained many holes, some from 10 to 20 inches long; others 6 to 8 

 inches wide and deep. These birds seem to have the habit of working a 

 tree very thoroughly." (Wood). VI. Several were seen and heard August 

 7 and 8, in the vicinity of Little Carp Lake. One was seen about a mile 

 south of Carp Lake, on a hemlock. One was seen near Union Bay, east 

 of the Porcupines, in a forest of large hemlocks with scattered white pine- 

 and a few maples, July 13. 



32. Colaptes auratus luteus. Northern Flicker. II. 1. Several were 

 seen in a clearing near the Lake Superior shore, August 4. II. 2. A young 

 male was taken July 19. II. 3. One was seen July 17 flying over camp. 

 III. 2, Several were seen and a young male was taken July 26, on the moun- 

 tain top. Common, especially the young. III. 1. Several seen at different 

 times on the stumps on the face of the cliff. IV. 3. One seen July 15, in. 

 the hardwoods near camp. 



33. Chaetura pclaqica. Chimney Swift. I. Several seen, flying over- 

 head, along the Lake Superior shore, July 27. II. 3. Several were seea 



