1876. 
227 
Sphyrapicus varius. 
Maine (Lake Umbagog). 
(Juno 22) 
1879. 
Juno 3. 
They novf got thoir living largely by flycatching 
and are naarly as good marksmen as any of the Tyranidao . 
in 
A pair putting the finishing touches on their n«st 
birch stub. 
17. 
19. 
^ Nest on Cambridge FUver \ 7 ith young; they chatter- 
a in t.he manner of all young Woodpeckers, 
stub. Height fifteen feet. 
Hole in bircii 
Mosi If not all of the young are hatched. In a 
nest lound yesterday the young wore clamouring loudly— 
the hole v/as in a small red maple standing in the water- 
boiS ““‘S' thb branch: 
groen--th 0 male showed his beautiful head 
; ^’--^rance when I rapped at the tree, but no amount 
of hammering could make him come out. 
1880. 
May 21 
22 . 
25. 
r. , E-5. Prosh -elm stub; height thirty f eoi. 
bl^^rr' T' unmistaka¬ 
bly a last year’s one, the hole and interior black and 
hrscolorcd by the eather; there ,,ere several r. ) a 4 
perfectly finished nesting cavities In the sar,« 70 ^ 
besides an old nest of the Pileated Woodpecker near Its 
ed las^‘’ver*’T'k'7 ® ef JeunS Mre rear 
ed last year I distinctly heard a Woodpecker at ttork in¬ 
side. A few raps on the trunk with our ax brought his 
™s so 
ma_l tnat he had to struggle to get out. 
bl>ck^°\! 7 ^C, Prosh-snall dead ash; hole old and 
h..ight tvtonty coot; eggs boauticully roseate 
before blowing. May 29 v/e the birdi 
higher up in the same stub. 
onterinu a hole 
st.in^rbr?Fe cSr^rsr^hi^:;: 
ii side;^^LS; -o-rfj:tr"Lr:SFdi:rrnLiJer^‘ 
, waoor Just outside the edge of tho woods. 
' entrance on‘’;asrs^rof tree^" 
|[ or holes in this stub. Th« ’ occ unild 
evidently old. YestfirrMi! « 
a single birch, only one inhabi^erarus^uu!''^'^ 
f3i<l 
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