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266 Puitiep AND BownisH, Birds of New Brunswick. [ 
or fifteen noted on the day of our arrival, June 2, 1916, and for several days 
thereafter. 
fegialitis meloda. Piprnc PLover.— June 5 we found a small colony 
of breeding birds, five nests, each containing four eggs, being located. The 
nests were on sandy beach, some in the open, others among sparse clumps 
of beach grass. They were slight hollows in the sand, some quite unlined, 
others with a well formed rim of bits of broken shell or slate. The sitting 
birds usually flushed before they were seen, while the intruder was at a 
distance of a hundred feet, or more, and, sneaking quietly away, gave no 
clue to the whereabouts of the nest. If concealment offered, and one 
observer remained hidden, while the other walked away, the parent bird 
soon returned to the nest. In most instances incubation was well advanced. 
Bonasa umbellus togata. CanapiAn Rurrep Grouss.— Common 
breeding bird. On June 16, 1916, a parent with brood of recently hatched 
young was observed, and others were noted with young on various occasions 
during both visits. 
Accipiter velox. SHARP-SHINNED HawKk.— One noted June 10, 1916. 
Halizetus leucocephalus leucocephalus. Batp Eacur.— Common. 
Breeds. 
Pandion haliaetus carolinensis. Osprrey.— One seen June 12, 1916. 
Asio fammeus. SHoRT-EARED Owx.— June 19, 1915, we found two 
nests of these birds, each containing five young, in varying stages of devel- 
opment, the largest being nearly a third grown, the smallest not appearing 
to be over a week old. In 1916 no birds were seen in the same locality. 
Ceryle alcyon alcyon. Brtrep KinerisHpr.— Abundant breeding 
bird. 
Dryobates villosus leucomelas. NorrHern Hairy WoopPECKER.— 
A few noted in both visits. A nest with young observed early in June, 
1914. 
Dryobates pubescens medianus. Downy WoopprcKkrer.— Appar- 
ently breeds sparingly. Nest with young noted June 14, 1916. 
Picoides arcticus. Arctic ,THREE-TOED WooDPECKER.— June 24, 
1915, we found a nest of this species about ten feet up in a hard, bare, dead 
snag, in a partial clearing. It contained young still too small to appear at 
the entrance. June 10, 1916, another nest was located, some twenty feet 
from the ground, in a dead yellow birch, in partial clearing. This nest 
also contained young, which had left it by the 14th. 
Picoides americanus americanus. THREE-TOED WoopPECKER.— 
One seen June 21, 1916. 
Sphyrapicus varius varius. YELLOW-BELLIED SAPSUCKER.— Com- 
mon breeding bird. June 7, 1916, one nest contained five fresh eggs, 
another five well incubated eggs, and of three other occupied nests, which 
were not investigated, one appeared to have young. On the 9th, another 
nest held five fresh eggs. Another nest, found on the 14th, evidently con- 
tained young as we could plainly hear them. The favorite situation was 
the dead heart of a live poplar, most often on the bank of a stream, and 
