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On Mt. Starr King a male bird has twice been observed, 

 namely, on June 5, 1905, and on June 28, 1909, but we have not 

 located a nest, although there is no doubt that the species breeds 

 there. On Mt. Adams a bird has been twice seen, namely, a 

 male bird on June 10, 1904, and a female bird on October 5, 

 1906, when following the "Randolph path" to the "Perch 

 Camp." This species, therefore, has been met in fewer locali- 

 ties than the preceding and must be regarded as somewhat rarer. 



Mr. Spaulding informs me that on June 19, 1910, in com- 

 pany with Mr. F. H. Kennard and Mr. F. B. McKechnie, he 

 saw a male bird in lyancaster, which they watched a long time, 

 but that they were unable to locate any nest. Mr. Spaulding 

 has also a record in May, and states that he has several times 

 seen a bird in the winter. 



75. Sphyrapicus varius varius. Yeeeow - bei^eied 



Sapsucker. 



A common summer resident, more numerous in the fall 

 as a migrant. It nests on Boy Mountain and in the woods of 

 the Highland and of the valley and is frequently seen along the 

 Jefferson Notch road. In 1900 a pair was engaged in feeding 

 their young, July 29 to July 11 ; on July 13 the family was gone. 

 In 1909 two nests with young were in the fifty-acre piece of 

 woodland in early Jul5^ 



In September the birds are much more in evidence and are 

 often seen on the telephone posts along the highways and also 

 upon the apple-trees and birches in open lands, on which they 

 show a disposition to work persistently, although often driven 

 off, and which they encircle with many rows of holes, to the 

 detriment or death of the trees. 



76. Phloeotomus pileatus abieticola. Northern 



PiEEATED Woodpecker. 

 A not uncommon permanent resident, breeding in the wood- 

 lands and forests of the region. It is not unusual to hear their 

 long, loud, laughing calls on the Highland or coming up from 



