Now York Notes. 
Written lor TME NATURALIST. 
It was an early May nioriiino; of 1888 
that found me in the woods prepared for 
collecting. ^Vllile listening to the vari- 
ous notes of the birds, I noticed a hole in 
a dead Poi)lar tiee, some fifteen feet 
from tlie ground. 
On investigating, 1 found tliat it con- 
tained seven fresh eggs of the Yellow- 
sliafted I^'licker, often called High-hole, 
and Golden AV^ood pecker. The nest was 
placed about nine inches from the open- 
ing, and was composed of small bits of 
wood and feathers. The eggs v. ere pink- 
ish white and almost ti-ansparent. 
My second tind was a Crow's nest 
which was in a small Hemlock, and con- 
tained three eggs of a light green color, 
spotted with brown, dark green and 
black. The nest was composed of small 
sticks and grape-vines, and was lined 
with grass. 
1 found several occupied nests of the 
Robin and Bluebird, but did not disturb 
them as I already had several sets of 
each. 
It was about dinner time when I starr- 
ed home, and when just at the edge of 
the woods, up llevv a Woodcock, and 
afrer looking about fifteen minutes I 
found its nest. It was placed on the 
ground under a small bush and contain- 
ed three eggs of a huff color, marked 
with dots and blotches of brown. The 
nest was made of leaves and*^grass, and 
placed in a slight hollow in the ground. 
I reached home in time for dinner, 
well pleased with the forenoon's hfmt. 
C. F., I'rincetown, N. Y. 
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