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The only other prominent bird on tliis 
autumn day was that bird of many names, — 
the “flicker.” A local name used on Cape 
Ann is, I think, new in print, viz, “Yellow 
Wing.” 
The Flicker, when seen at all, is always con- 
spicuous, but on this day he was more plenti- 
ful than usual, and twice during my walk I 
noticed signs of that habit common with its 
Californian variety, but newly (?) acquired by 
the eastern Flicker, of boring into buildings. 
One example was in the side of a barn, and I 
[ was fortunate enough to see the occupant en- 
| tering just at sunset, probably to spend the 
night. The other hole was similarly situated 
in an old corn house. On another occasion 
| during a bright morning late in November I saw 
j one of these birds in the act of leaving a hole 
likewise in a barn, and I know of an ice house 
which is literally full of holes made by these 
birds in order to reach the sawdust, into which 
| they burrow for tlieir winter quarters. Two 
! other instances which have come to my atten- 
| tion are worth notice; one of a Woodpecker 
{ which had taken up his abode in a hole which 
he made under the eaves of a dwelling, where 
he spent several winters. And the other, told 
| me by a friend and frequent contributer to this 
i magazine, of a Flicker which nested several 
[ years in a crevice of an unused chimney in his 
| grandfather’ s house. As I came suddenly into 
j a clearing among a growth of thick bushes and 
trees, I started a Flicker which was climbing 
the vertical trunk of a tree, like any other 
Woodpecker, a position comparatively rare for 
auratus to assume, for he is most fond of feed- 
ing on the ground. y 1 
H.q. u/&U*. 
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ity of Wood’s Holl, the requirements of this ton and Wood’s Iloll, the difference is grater, 
bird are apparently not as perfectly developed being as 1: 5, while at Nauslion and Highland 
as at points a short distance away. Light, it is only as 1 : 2. 1 am, however, of 
Across the channel, on Nauslion island, they the opinion that the effects of the migrational 
are more plenty, and I have also noticed aj tide, so to speak, are very much more pro- 
great increase in the numbers of this bird nounced in the vicinity of Taunton, than in the 
about the settlements of shore houses on the 
branch railroad which connects Wood’s Iloll 
with the main Cape Cod line, and notably, at 
the villages of Wenaumet, Cataumet, and Mon- 
ument Beach. Upon inquiry, I have been 
imformed that the Pigeon Woodpecker has 
become so abundant as a winter resident in 
these places, that it is classed as a “common 
nuisance” by people having cottages, and boun- 
ties have been offered for tlieir heads because 
of their destructive habit of boring into the 
houses for shelter during the winter. 
The avidity of the bird to select such excel- 
lent refuges, and the celerity with which the 
new habit is adopted, together with the extent 
of the new fields to conquer, naturally results 
in the draining of the surrounding territory 
and the localization of all available forces in a 
similar form to the Sparrow rookeries and 
Robin roosts, described by Mr. Norris and Dr. 
Brewster. 
There was one Woodpecker that had 
excavated a home in a flag-staff, erected by the 
Coast Survey on an islet in the harbor, and to 
which he resorted nightly during the first part 
of the winter, but when the cold waves of Feb- 
ruary came, I missed my Colaptes from his 
usual haunts, and I imagine that he was 
obliged to find quarters less exposed to the 
sweeping northwest wind. 
A comparison of the numbers of this bird 
during winter and the season of migration may 
prove interesting, and the following table is 
given to show the mean monthly numbers at 
either station during the season of autumnal 
migration, including September, October and 
November, and the period of rest, including the 
winter months already mentioned. Simultane- 
ous notes were not received from all points 
previous to the first of September. 
counties to the eastward of that place, and 
therefore the excess over the number of actual 
summer residents or breeding birds, is not in 
the same ratio at all points, being greatest to 
the west and diminishing in an easterly 
direction. 
O.ftO.Yol.17, June, 1892 p.81-82 
AVERAGE NO. FLICKERS SEEN PER MONTH. 
TAUNTON. NAUSHON. WOOD’S HOLL. NO. TRURO. TOTAL. MEAN- 
Autumn, 10T 22 23 64 216 54 
Winter, 20 10 6 33 68 17 
This gives the mean average number of 
Flickers for the months of migration, as fifty- 
four, and during the three cold months of win- 
ter, it is seventeen; or in other words, these 
Woodpeckers are likely to be one-third as 
plenty at that season as in autumn. At Taun- 
