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of loose fish scales and bones have accumulated. May 9 (’92, 
Blogg), 5 fresh eggs, and May 31 (’92), one fresh egg, are 
extreme dates; full sets are 3 of 6, and 6 of 7. 
Order PICI—WoopPrEcKERS, ETC. 
Family Piciob2—Woodpeckers. 
Campephilus principalis (392). Ivory-billed Woodpecker. 
However the distributign of this species may have been, it is 
now very restricted. Audubon says (iv, 124): ‘On the 
Atlantic coast North Carolina may be taken as the limit of its 
distribution, although now and then an individual of this species 
may be occasionally seen in Maryland.” 
Dryobates villosus (393). Hairy Woodpecker. 
Resident, but not common, and, as it is usually found in heavy 
timber, appears much rarer than it really is. On June 2 (’94, 
Fisher) a very noisy pair evidently had a nest, but it was not 
found owing to lack of time. Young of the year were noted 
on July 10 (’92) and on August 20 (’93). On May 8 (9, 
H. C. Oberholzer) a pair were feeding young near the Great 
Falls of the Potomac, on the Maryland side. 
Dryobates pubescens (394). Downy Woodpecker. 
Common resident. Nests with eggs have been noted from 
May 4 (’91) to May 22 (’93); the set being 5. On June 8 (’84) 
young were nearly ready to leave the nest, and on July 4 (’98) 
young not long out of the nest were seen. 
Dryobates borealis (395). Red-cockaded Woodpecker. 
“Pine swamps and barrens of South Atlantic and Gulf 
States, north to Pennsylvania” (Key, 481); “irregularly north 
to New Jersey” (Manual, 283). Dr. Ezra Meichner in his 
Catalogue of Chester County Birds, published in 1863, writes, 
“accidental, very rare” (Birds Pa., 167). 
