20 PEOCEEDINGS OF THE 



deep woods. They were frequently seen by different members 

 of our Y)&Yiy and I myself, on July 5, came across a large hen 

 with ten or so half-grown young. I had been following an old 

 woods-road and on turning a sharp bend saw them feeding a 

 short distance ahead of me. They did not at first notice me 

 and came toward me for several feet, giving me a fine view of 

 them before they suddenly disappeared into the underbrush. 

 The young were about the size of a full-grown chicken, and 

 could fly fairly well. 



PiLEATED Woodpecker — Phloeotomus pileatus pileaius. Said 

 to be found here in small numbers, although I saw no birds 

 myself. Conditions were well suited for them and I realized 

 that they were undoubtedly around by the large holes that they 

 had dug in the trees when after insects. One that I noticed 

 was in the trunk of a living white-pine and was actually a foot 

 in length, four inches wide and six inches deep. The bird that 

 did that must have been unusually hungry or found the grubs 

 unusually tempting. 



Red- HEADED Woodpecker — Melanerpes erythrocephalus. A 

 scarce summer resident in the open valleys. A nest found July 

 14th, held five slightly incubated eggs and was twenty feet from 

 the ground in a dead limb in the top of a large apple-tree at 

 the edge of an orchard. This is as late a date as I have ever 

 found the birds nesting. 



Whip-poor-will — Antrostomus vociferus vociferus. An abund- 

 ant summer resident. On July 3rd, while tramping through 

 the woods, one of these birds flushed from under my feet and a 

 short search revealed one young bird, half grown. Its light 

 brown plumage blended perfectly with the dead leaves and if 

 I looked away a minute, it required a close glance to pick it out 

 again. The adult bird showed great alarm over my presence and 

 continually fluttered about near-by, attempting to attract my 

 attention. Twice it alit crosswise on a small limb, an unusual 

 action for one of this family. 



Chimney Swift — Chaetura pelagica. Abundant about the 

 scattered farms and in the town. A nest found July 13th, ten 

 feet down in the chimney of an unused house, held five well- 

 grown young. 



