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UPTON, MAINE 
1871 
May 30 to June 10 
Accipiter fuscus, saw a few flying. 
1. Pand!o n Carolinens is , saw several pairs. The nest was 
taken with young by J. G. Rich a few years since. 
2. Bubo Virginianus , found a deserted nest with four eggs in 
an overturned "stub’ 1 in the forest with four eggs. 
3. Surn ia ulula , has been taken by Mr. Rich. 
4. Coccygus erythropthalmus , saw a single bird in the very 
depths of a large tract of forest: it was probably a mere 
straggler from the open country. 
5. Picus v illosus , found it rather common breeding. 
6. Pic us pubescens, common breeding; more partial to the 
flooded forest than the other Woodpeckers. 
7. Picoides hirsutus , took a single specimen May 31st. It was 
very tame and the only note I heard was a single call exceed¬ 
ingly like that of P.pubescens, though uttered in a different 
tone. 
8. Sphy ra picus varius , common everywhere and breeding. Took 
a nest with three fresh eggs, (June 10th) in a tall stub in 
the flooded forest. The hole was small for the size of the 
bird and was drilled in horizontally at least three inches be¬ 
fore it began to turn downwards or enlarge; its perpendicular 
depth was perhaps six inches. These birds were found every¬ 
where but were most partial to the mixed woods and fed almost 
exclusively on the birch trees. Their notes were a harsh jay 
like, snarling cry, and a loud prolonged singular note unlike 
that of any other bird. They were also famous for their tap- 
