72 TH E BIRDS OF MONTREAL. 



real, returning north in the spring by a more west- 

 erly or easterly route, as I have never met with 

 them here in the spring of the year. 



Genus Sphyrapicus. Baird. 



1 33. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. (Yellow-bellied Wood- 



pecker. S. varius. (Linn.) 



" Summer Resident," common. More plentiful 

 during the spring migration. Breeds sparsely on 

 the Island of Montreal. I found a nest of young 

 birds of this species June 21, 1887, on St. Bruno 

 mountain, in a hole drilled in a live oak tree, only 

 about six feet high in the trunk of the tree above 

 the ground, and another nest of its young July 1, 

 1.S85, at Calumet, 58 miles west of Montreal. This 

 nest was in a small hole drilled in the trunk of a 

 live elm tree, and about thirty feet high from the 

 base. I shot a variety of this species May 11, 

 1891, in the woods at Hochelaga. It was a female 

 with the crown a glossy black, instead of being red, 

 as it usually is. This is only the second example 

 in that plumage which I have shot here, and both 

 in the spring of the year. Observed here from 

 April 10 to September 27. 



Genus Ceophlceus. Cabanis. 



134. Pileated Woodpecker. (Log Cock ; Woodcock ; 



Cock of the Woods.) C. pileatus. (Linn.) 

 " Accidental Visitant," rare. The nearest place 



