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to Montreal where I have seen this large wood- 

 pecker was at Casselman, Ontario, about 90 miles 

 west of this city. I saw two there October 26, 

 1884, and shot one of them, a male bird. I ob- 

 served them for some time cackling loudly and 

 chasing one another around the trunk of a large 

 pine tree. They appeared to be very tame, and I 

 could easily have shot both, as the shooting of one 

 did not frighten the other away ; but a friend, Mr. 

 Trood, who was on this trip with me, hunting for 

 deer, requested me to let him have a shot, and fired 

 at it on the wing, but did not stop it, and that was 

 the last we saw of this fine woodpecker. Mr. David 

 Denne saw one in Mount Royal Park May 1, 1892, 

 which is the only record I have of the occurrence 

 of this species on the Island of Montreal. I have 

 frequently observed them in the fall of the year 

 strung up with ruffed grouse in our markets, and 

 those were probably shot around the back settle- 

 ments north of Montreal. Old sportsmen tell me 

 they have hunted over the Island of Montreal for 

 fifty years past, but never met with this species 

 here, although the woods used to be far more 

 extensive than they are now. I saw a male and 

 female specimen December 16, 1892, in the Bonse- 

 cours Market, and purchased the male bird for '26 

 cents. A few are exposed for sale in our markets 

 every fall, mostly sent here with ruffed grouse from 

 different districts. 



