3phvrapicus varius. 
Lake TJmbagog, Maine. 
1097. Watrous and Gilbert went up the Megalloway this morning. 
June 5. In the afternoon they visited two nests of the Yellow- 
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bellied Woodpecker which they had previously found in Block 
Island Gove. One contained young, the other five eggs ad¬ 
vanced in incubation. Watrous unfortunately broke these eggs 
but he brought in the.nest a remarkable one drilled in a dry 
ash stub. The entrance hole is evidently an old one for it 
is gray and weathered but the interior has been at least 
freshly chiselled off on every side and perhaps wholly exca¬ 
vated this season. It is not at all uncommon for' Sphyrapicus 
to make use of an old hole in this way. 
In the evening we all visited a nest of this species at 
the western extremity of Leonard's Pond. It was in a dead, 
upright prong of a living white iiaple about 30 ft. above the 
water-altogether a typical situation. It contained four fresh 
eggs. 
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