178 BIEDS OF THE GRAND PEfi REGION. — TUFTS. 



peckers they excavate their own nesting cavities; 

 and their eggs, 4 to 6 in number, are laid early in 

 June. 



405a. Phloeotomus pil atus ahieticola (Bangs). Northern 

 PiLEATED Woodpecker; "Devil's Woodpecker." 

 — Rare permanent resident. This giant woodpecker 

 haunts the deep forests remote from civilization, 

 seeming to prefer the dark woods bordering swamp 

 lands. On clear frostj^ days in March and early 

 April I have heard these birds calling back and 

 forth a mile or more across Black River lake. 

 Their loud Flicker-like notes carry for a considerable 

 distance. Last year, in the winter, I noticed a pair 

 in the Black River region going in and out of a 

 hole which they had drilled in a large poplar — a 

 hole which I supposed was an old nesting site. 

 I visited the place again in April. The birds were 

 not there; and on examining the tree I found it 

 to be hollow from the ground to the first limbs, 

 some 35 feet or m.ore. Th^e pair were evidently 

 using this place as a shelter during the winter storms. 



412a. Colaytes auratus hdeus Bangs. Northern Flicker; 

 "Yellow- hammer." — Common . summer resident. 

 Occasionallj" observed in winter. Occurs regularly 

 from the middle of April to latter part of October. 

 One record Dec. 10, 1915, near Wolfville, another 

 March 26, 1915. 



417. Antrofitomus vodferus vociferus (Wils.). — Whip-poor- 

 will. — Rare summer resident. On the evening of 

 June 11, 1915, I had the pleasure of hearing m 

 first and only Whip-poor-will in this province, 

 though I am familiar enough with the bird elsewhere. 

 This occurred in a remote and lonely region 

 of Annapolis County, only a few miles fro ||^H 



