Dr yo bates pubescens medianus . 
C am br i dg e , Ma s s . 
1399. 
Greenleaf estate just below Mason Street. He saw the bird 
February . 
but it was so. high up that he could not male sure of the sex. 
( No . 2 ) 
The drumming of this species is probably the very earliest 
spring sound that one can hear in the region about Cambridge. 
Concord, 
vlass. Eating mouldy suet in April. 
1399. 
An adult Downy Woodpecker in sadly worn and stained plum- 
July 
age visited a piece of suet which has been hanging in an oak 
& 
August . 
near the cabin since last April. Although it was nearly black 
with age and covered with mould the bird ate of it greedily. 
HZ 
