Dryobates i mbescens me di anus ♦ Brattleboro, Vt. 
feeding habits. 
This winter a Downy Woodpecker has developed a new feed- 
ing habit at the residence of the Pres, of the Audubon So . , 
Mrs. W.C. Horton, - taking sunflower seeds freely from the win- 
dow, driving them into the tree bark and eating them as does 
the Nuthatch. Extract from letter to Win. Brewster by 
Elizabeth B. Davenport, Brattleboro, Vt . , 
Jan. 8, 1902. 
