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NAME - Red-headed Woodpecker A.0.U.N0.4 06 

 (Melanerpes erythroeephalus ) 



DATE - May 21, 1933 

 NO. - 5 



INCUBATION - Fresh 



0.99 x 0.75 0.97 x 0.?6 



SIZES - 0.98 x O.76 O.96 x 0.75 



0.99 x 0.7^ 



SITUATION - I happened to see this colorful 

 bird go into its nest in a dead Chestnut snag 

 late one afternoon when we were leaving my 

 cousin's house in Norton, Va. The snag was 

 near the crest of the hill "behind his house 

 in the edge of a wood. The entrance hole to 

 the nest was about 15 feet from the ground and 

 after I was finally able to get up to it, the 

 dead wood below the hole could be pulled away 

 rather easily to expose the cavity. The latter 

 was about 6" in diameter, widening at the 

 bottom of the 12" depth to accommodate the 

 adult bird. The entrance hole was an inch and 

 three quarters to two inches in diameter. 



No nesting materials of any kind 

 were evident, the five globular, glossy white 

 eggs rested on numerous wood chips. 



