Cambridge, Massachusetts.
1899.
October
[margin]Birds seen
or heard in 
our garden[/margin]
  Colaptes auratus luteus: Flickers were seen or heard in the 
garden on the 5th, 11th, 13th, 19th, 21st, & 27th. On the last two
occasions a pair appeared and visited the box which contained
the nest last spring both birds alighting on it at the same
time uttering the low whick-er note and putting their heads 
into the hole but not entering it.