70 BIRDS OF THE PUBLIC GARDEN 



in the fall he found a Kingfisher about the 

 Frog Pond. "Once the fellow sprung his 

 watchman's rattle." These occurrences 

 were previous to the year 1883. 



Dr. Charles W. Townsend writes me that 

 he has in his collection the skin of a female 

 Kingfisher which was found dead on Marl- 

 borough Street near Clarendon Street on 

 October 5, 1907, the bird apparently hav- 

 ing been killed by striking the house. 



1 8. HAIRY WOODPECKER 



Dryobates villosus 



In two spring seasons a Hairy Wood- 

 pecker, a male bird each time, has made a 

 lengthened stay in the Garden, occasionally 

 passing over to the Common and being 

 noted there when not seen in the Garden. 

 The first visit was of a bird which appeared 

 March 27, 1904, and remained until April 

 1 8 ; the second visit was of a bird which re- 

 mained from March 19 to 28, 1905. Both 

 birds at times gave their long rattle calls. 



Two autumn and winter records have 

 also been obtained, one of a bird in the 



