H Bulletin' No. 1 



Their cry was peculiar, not shrill and piercing like many hawks, but a 

 noisy crackle. It has two syllables, the first being the lower, and slurring 

 up a few notes to the latter which is sharper and slightly shorter. 



In May, 1898, a set of four fresh eggs were taken. The nest was 

 about 20 feet from the one used the year previous. It was simply a hol- 

 low in the dirt and was partly hidden by some shrubs that had gained a 

 foothold on the shelf of rocks. 



On May i and 14, 1900, the place was visited in the same manner as 

 already described. Although the nest appeared fresh, no eggs were found 

 therein. The birds were not as bold as heretofore. 



On May 2, 1901, a set of four fresh eggs were found in the nest used 

 in 1897. The hawks were as bold as when first met. On June 10 a 

 second set of three fresh eggs were taken in the nest occupied in 1898. 

 They were slightly lighter in color and were not blotched and spotted as 

 heavily as the previous sets. Several times when the cliff was visited only 

 one of the birds would be present at first, but very soon the other would 

 be seen approaching from far away, and always from the same direction, 

 possibly from some favorite feeding ground where a good view could be 

 obtained of the cliff, as the hawk always immediately returned when 

 danger was near. 



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 lowing are carefully prepared abstracts of most of those read. 



NESTING OF THE PILEATED WOODPECKER. 



(Ccopliloeus Pilcatus.) 



By D. E. Kent, Rutland. 



On May 22, 1905, a nest of the pileated woodpecker was found in 

 East Wallingford, in the vicinity of "Spectacle Pond," in woods com- 

 posed chiefly of beech, bircli and maple trees. Upon entering the woods 

 a pileated alighted on a tree a short distance away, searching for food 

 and seeming not at all concerned about the presence of man. As these 

 birds are usually very shy and difficult to approach nearer than 50 yards, 

 it was thought that the nest must be close at hand. The nest was finally 

 located in a partially decayed beech. After repeated rappings upon the 

 trunk, the pileated thrust out her head, keen eyed and alert, and looking 

 about a moment flew to a tree 20 yards distant, uttering all the while 

 a sharp, cackling cry. 



