Sphyrapicus varius 
Maine (Lake Umbagog). 
IS76. 
June 0 . 
“ 15 , 
All Lnaocdssiblb ties t in a tall stub had tho smallest 
entranco hole 'that I have evor soon, so snail lr« f l. that 
th® bird hs ■■■ to struggle ri l i tlj to la, 
A fa iaih ilic hi rig , into tha air and aat< : 
flies. 
(Juno 22) 
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J i,o 3, 
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10 . 
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25, 
They now got their livii rgoly by flycatching 
s any of the Tvranidao . ^ 
A yair putting the finishing touches on their nest 
in a birch. & tub. 
Nest oi Cambridge they tor** 
od in. V: > :'ami or of all young md aek^r: . Hole in birch 
stub. height fifteen foot, 
if no ' ’ » • : isd, 
nest found yest rds young were clamouring loudly-*- 
in 11 le the w? ter— 
heij [1. i toi feet— 1ii u u ' >ad , of fcl i iranc * 
boing still ;;ro m—the male shoved his beautiful head 
at tho entrance who;.-. T .-appod -t the tree, but no amount 
of hanraoring could • .k him eerie out. 
Set Fresh—olm stub • h -v ’it ' -dirty feat . 
. t -unco < -est side of tree; tills nest vas uivdstaka- 
bly a last yearns one, the hole :?/ int :-ri.or black and 
disc lorod by the oat her; there do so •aural now and 
perfectly finished nesting cavities in the sane tree, 
besides ;:u old nest of the Plicated '""bodseeker near its 
top. 
Approaohix.n . stub >r * a brood of young vero •.•ear 
ckor rJc in*- 
side-. A f m raps on the trunk with our an br ought his 
c imson )ri head to the entrance which as usual was so 
small that ho Lac’, to struggle to got out. 
Sot ’~4. Fresh—snail dead ash; hole old ad 
black; hoi to iwaaty foot; eggs boau ’ull; roseat© 
V 
f< : . 3 o ring, iy a; ia bird® ■ t ring 1 lo 
higher up in th© samo stub. 
