Melanerpos erythrocephalus . 
Lake Umbagog, Maine. 
1887. Spent most of the morning hunting Woodcock in the alder 
Sept.12. covers on Upton Hill behind Morse's, leaving my horse at 
Bragg's. On the drive home I saw a young Melanerpes .erythm- 
cenhalus. It flew across the road just below Whitney's and 
alighted on a larch in a pasture. I followed it but it start¬ 
ed before I could get within range and took, a long flight to¬ 
wards the woods where I lost sight of it. 
