1076. 
(Juno 
a 
Sphyrapicu s varius . 
Maine (Lake Umbagog). 
3) 
3. 
g—tip pod a 
. foctly • oaf oning clamor, scroti: continuously, and so 
loudly t hat ho might have h >on hoard 'or a quarter of 
a iilo. Ho ./as very spirited and >Xucky raising tho 
d im Ti ms of dim nrov7T i;., a a • : ’ uous crest ant’ ha - 
I 1 d forcibly as raw bl< ad. 
Thro i ts , first ii i ta31 j ab standii is 
water oight or ton foot deep, the hole at 1 oast thirty 
foot .'.vo tl : or. "y guide foiled ho o orcu- 
natoly v/ithout breaking tho o ps which 'or . tk-o'* in nun> 
h> r* to " o ' >-id ■ 
have 1 id four more. Hor my to which I also killed had 
the rath >r unusual rod nuchal band. Thin nest had'an 
n ■ 3 no -half i d r; th j 
interior cavity was twelve and ono-hal r ir-chos d.oop, 
with a diaro or of about five inches. The parol bn 
to noisy and very fame. . * 
rod oak t the 'J.x ?. . r o:od ''arm . It contained silt fresh 
a ■ t. . fh> hole was bout fif'tdo ’ j 'f 1 1 ; rator 
' : ^rior cavity >r >1 * do ip, ho ■ 
d lb a t ■ i i as. ■ ’ y 
: ’t ov • . tr . J *oliii o troo wo f 
it cn-ni.o-j.nod bo id of v/hici vero broken. The ai.trance 
hole itj mw trod - no ■ t m-« ixt m.1 ha inches it . to tor 
and t mint rior cavity csfxt - . moi-mm v th, 
tiood- that . tho vruo*' was sor:ur~-br- t. m 
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ooking 
on. 
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f 1~> r-> ^ r 
b: > t y 
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ihrough 
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tie3 small hole. 
four n-osfcs; containing ros we ; moly five m 
sliyhtly iiwahwtod, novo- p or foctly fr >sh,- five 
incubated; am six emus non.- j.y frosh. The* firs 
about eight foot above tho r tor in a livo ooolar 
hole on tor. in g moro n knot had •: owoiraiira' 
ine.ooa aoriaor 1 lly, then *• osco.nding . bout twelve 
t.ho second most i. a d m,d birch, at about tho sum 
tho third ;k least thirty foot above -ho vaimr h 
rott ... b da'-, did; t - j f$ ft . 
Mono of tho oaront 
ihin- ‘ >ir eggs. 
:?s 
i i ( 
•» -r 
• '/Xjr 
above y]io . at -r in a birch, 
made much noise whilo a-> o 
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