Ceophloeus pileatus . 
Lake' Umbagog, Maine. 
1897. Watrous found a Pileated Woodpecker's nest in an ash stub 
May 26. in the cove between Moll's Hock and Moll's Garry. The £ came 
out when he rapped on the tree and flew to a neighboring stub 
where she called a few times bringing the £ who at once flew 
to and entered the hole where W. left him. 
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May 27. Although the wind was north west the whole day rain fell 
continuously and heavily from daylight to late into the night. 
Indeed it was one of the heaviest storms of this exceptionally 
wet season. 
May 28. 
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Pour of us started for the Outlet at 9 A.M. (though show¬ 
er succeeded shower from 10 A.M. during the remainder of the 
day). On reaching the Outlet,Watrous took us to the nest of 
the Pileated Woodpecker which he found on the 26th. It is in 
the flooded forest of dead trees nearly opposite the mouth of 
the Megalloway and about 40 yards back from the south bank of 
the Androscoggin. The tree is an old and much-decayed brown 
ash about 15 inches through at the base, branchless and almost 
wholly denuded of bark. The entrance hole is on the N.E. side 
of the stub about 20 ft. above the water which, at present, is 
some 5 ft. in depth. The hole is somewhat irregular in shape 
the lower left-hand corner having a large nick. It looks as 
if it may have been excavated last year but of this I am not 
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