20 TowNSEND, Summer Birds of the St. John Valley, N. B. [jan' 



at Glenwood circling together over the forest, uttering their clear, double, 

 ter-whee. 



16. Haliaeetus leucocephalus leucocephalus. Bald Eagle. — 

 Several seen from Upper Greenwich to Fredericton. At the former place 

 two or three in immature, and one in adult plumage were seen daily, and a 

 farmer told me that a pair nested on a cliff, and that they had carried off 

 eight of his chickens. He said that one of the young birds had seized a 

 hen, but was unable to carry her off. The hen made such an outcry that 

 the farmer came to her rescue and the eagle departed. At Wickham 

 I watched an adult and young bird circling near together, and once the 

 young turned on its side and thrust out its legs as if about to grapple 

 with the adult. 



17. Coccyzus erythrophthalmus. Black-billed Cuckoo. — Heard 

 singing several times at Glenwood. 



18. Ceryle alcyon. Belted Kingfisher. — Not uncommon. At 

 Wickham I heard one practising its rattle in so low a tone that it suggested 

 the distant trill of a wren. 



19. Dryobates villosus villosus. Hairy Woodpecker. — Common. 



20. Dryobates pubescens medianus. Downy Woodpecker. — 

 Common. 



21. Sphyrapicus varius varius. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. — 

 One seen at Hampton, July 12. 



[Melanerpes erythrocephalus, Red-headed Woodpecker. A mounted 

 specimen was seen in the taxidermist shop of Emack Bros, in Fredericton, 

 and I was told that the bird was shot by the guide Tom O'Leary at Beaver- 

 dam, York County, on June 1, 1911, and brought to the taxidermist in the 

 flesh.] 



22. Colaptes auratus luteus. Northern Flicker.— Common. 



23. Chordeiles virginianus virginianus, Nighthawk.— Common 

 and e\'idently nesting on roofs in St. John and Fredericton. On July 31, 

 at 5.30 p. M. at Wickham, I counted 45 Nighthawks flying north high over 

 the river. 



24. Chsetura pelagica. Chimney Swift. — Abundant. At Freder- 

 icton, on July 25, I watched a large flock of Swifts enter for the night a 

 chimney on the southwest corner of the Parliament Building. Sun set 

 at about 8 p. M. At 8.24 p. M. one bird set its wings and dropped into the 

 chimney and soon they began dropping in fast, while the flock circled first 

 one way then another or crowded together in a confused mass, twittering 

 loudly all the time. Owing to the proximity of the dome regular circling 

 was somewhat interfered with, but as a rule the birds circled in the direc- 

 tion of the hands of a clock, and individuals would drop out and into the 

 chimney in dozens when the circle passed over it. Occasionally they 

 would all swoop off to the other side of the building, soon to return. At 

 8.45 p. M. practically all the birds had entered the chimney and I had 

 counted roughly, — at first singly and later by tens, — 2200 birds. A 

 minute later, when it was nearly dark, six stragglers appeared, five of 



