Yellow-bellied Woodpecker, ( Sphyrapi- 
c us v grins'] . Common. Summer resident. 
Breeds. Arrives in April. Some often re- 
main until late autumn. I have had abun- 
dant opportunities to study the breeding 
habits of this species and with rare excep- 
tions, have found them to select a live tree 
in which to make their nest. 
One hole, from which I took a clutch of 
sound looking beech tree, and went four •' 
went down eight or nine inches. „ 
In a large butternut tree near my home . 
are four holes, in a nearly perpendicular 
row, about ten inches apart, made by this 
| speeies (probably the same pair) m four | ^ q 
young have been reared. The Yellow- 
billed, Hairy and Downy Woodpeckers are 
most unjustly persecuted. The • three ^ 
species are called Red-headed Woodpeckers 
or Sapsuckers, and are shot whenever there 
is an opportunity. 
) 
( Sfhyraficus varius is a rather rare summer visitant; 
W. . 
IX N , O. O, V 1 JaCi 3,882] P# 03 
Summer Bds,Mt. Mansfield, V t. 
11. Sphyrapicus varius. Yellow-bellied Sapsucker. — Two were 
seen in the valley (one in Stowe village), and a few in the maples on the 
lower slopes of the mountain. 
by Arthur H. Howell. 
Auk, XVIII, Oct., 1901, p.J9o. 
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