Dryobatos pubesoens . 
Lake Umbagog,.Maine. 
1897. 
June 2. 
There were several pairs of Downy and Yellow-bellied 
Woodpeckers about the shores of the pond (Bottle Brook Pond 
where we went this morning) and we found one nest of the for¬ 
mer species. The entrance hole was the smallest I have ever 
known a Downy to make. When we rapped on the stub and the 
female bird thrust out her head it seemed to fill the opening 
completely and when, a moment later, she essayed to follow it 
with her body she had to struggle violently for two or three 
seconds before she could get out. 
June 4. 
I 
Watrous took the nest of the Downy Woodpecker at Bottle 
Brook Pond to-day. It had five eggs slightly incubated. The 
female was sitting at 9 A.M. (she was in the hole at 4 P.M. on 
the 2nd) and, as on our first visit, she had the utmost dif¬ 
ficulty in squeezing her body out. 
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