234 
Colaptes auratus, 
Middlesex County, Mass. 
1865. 
May 
5. 
Nest with one egg (Deane). 
1866. 
May 15, 
Nest 'vith fresh eggs. 
1867. 
May 30, 
Nest found with one egg. 
1868. 
Mar, 
22. 
Saw two. 
It 
28. 
Several males singing; I think that numbers have 
arrived within the last few days. 
July 
4. 
A pair of these birds have been taken up 
donee in our ga don whore they probably have a 
the stump of some apple tree as the male sings 
times of the day in spite of the heat. 
their resi 
nest in 
at all 
1869. 
Mar. 9, 
Soon for the first timo. 
1870. 
Jan, 
4, 
Saw as many as half a dozen during the day. 
(t 
17, 
r^ook one. 
m 
28. 
Took a male. 
Mar , 
2. 
Saw five during the day. 
m 
4 , 
One, 
m 
19. 
One this mroning. 
m 
• 
CO 
CO 
timo 
Saw numbers and heard a male sing for tho 
first 
Apr. 
2. 
. 
The males singing everywhere. 
« 
7. 
Probably all have arrived. 
Cl 
9. 
Shot a fomalo in tho act of singing, 
16. 
1 
Saw a male excavating a hole in a rotton tree trunk 
Juno 
with 
t 
Most with eight eggs slightly incubated; 
seven quite fresh. 
another 
Sopt, 
Quito as abundaxit as usual. 
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! 
1 
Saw t ism occasionally. 
1871. I 
