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UPTON, MAINE 
1872 
June 2-14 
Birds observed at Upton, Maine not included in the list of 
1871 with additional observations on the others. 
1. Tinnunculus sparverius . Saw a female in the same place 
nearly every day and she undoubtedly had a nest in one of the 
tall stubs on which she usually perched. 
(Accipiterfuscus, saw a pair sitting on a tall stub June 10.) 
2. Accipiter cooperii . A single bird flying June 9. 
3. Buteo Pennsylvanicus . Very common everywhere in the woods. 
B.borealis several in 1873. 
4. Circus hudsonius . Not very common aroxxnd the lake. 
( Coccygus erythrophthalmus , saw several) abundant bird in 1873 
( Picus vlllosus . Three nests all with young the first June 4. 
P.pubescens not so common as last year: saw a single pair only 
both sexes incubate.). 
5. Picoides arcticus . Three were taken all showing evidence 
of incubation. A male that I watched for some time was search¬ 
ing the fallen trees on the lake shore for food, uttering at 
short intervals a harsh kec different from any Woodpecker note 
I ever heard before: both sexes incubate. Mr. Deane who heard 
their "roll” on the tree trunks describes it as entirely dif¬ 
ferent from that of S.varius. 
6. Hylatomus pilcatus . Mr. Deane took a % June 3 and I shot 
a fine Q on the 6th: he did not seem very shy dodging around 
the trunk of a large dead tree on which he was at work if I 
made any sudden movement, almost immediately showing his head 
again and in a few minutes sidling around into full view again. 
