1895] MARYLAND ACADEMY OF SCIENCES. 311 



of loose fish scales and bones have accumulated. May 9 ('92, 

 Blogg), 5 fresh eggs, and May 31 ('92), one fresh egg, are 

 extreme dates ; full sets are 3 of 6, and 6 of 7. 



Order PICI WOODPECKERS, ETC. 



Family PICID^ Woodpeckers. 

 Campephilus principalis (392). Ivory-billed Woodpecker. 



However the distribution of this species may have been, it is 

 now very restricted. Audubon says (iv, 124): "On the 

 Atlantic coast North Carolina may be taken as the limit of its 

 distribution, although now and then an individual of this species 

 may be occasionally seen in Maryland." 



Dryobates villosus (393). Hairy Woodpecker. 



Resident, but not common, and, as it is usually found in heavy 

 timber, appears much rarer than it really is. On June 2 ('94, 

 Fisher) a very noisy pair evidently had a nest, but it was not 

 found owing to lack of time. Young of the year were noted 

 on July 10 ('92) and on August 20 ('93). On May 8 ('95, 

 H. C. Oberholzer) a pair were feeding young near the Great 

 Falls of the Potomac, on the Maryland side. 



Dryobates pubescens (394). Downy Woodpecker. 



Common resident. Nests with eggs have been noted from 

 May 4 ('91) to May 22 ('93); the set being 5. On June 8 ('84) 

 young were nearly ready to leave the nest, and on July 4 ('93) 

 young not long out of the nest were seen. 



Dryobates borealis (395). Bed-cockaded Woodpecker. 



"Pine swamps and barrens of South Atlantic and Gulf 

 States, north to Pennsylvania" (Key, 481); "irregularly north 

 to New Jersey" (Manual, 283). Dr. Ezra Meichner in his 

 Catalogue of Chester County Birds, published in 1863, writes, 

 "accidental, very rare" (Birds Pa., 167). 



