RECORDS VOLUME XI, SEPT, 1920. 129 
hardly alighted before the Bluebird plunged 
at him, and he left the tree in scurrying 
haste. I thought how the woodpecker un- 
derestimated his power of offense and de- 
fense, for it seemed to me, with his chisel- 
ling bill, he ought to be a worthy antago- 
nist of any bird, driving the formidable in- 
strument to the very vitals. 
It appears to me that Martha’s Vey 
is a fine place to go for an outing or even 
for @ summer’s vacation, where one can con- 
template at leisure the fine examples of old 
colonial doors and doorways, and especially 
for observation of shore and water birds; but 
as a permanent residence for one who craves 
the bold headlands and cliffs, let him seek 
Cape Chignecto and preempt its sheltered 
Refugee Cove as a domicle and bird sanctu- 
ary. 
[The first number in the series of figures after the 
name of aspecies of bird in the following list, indicates 
a date in May, and the succeeding figures or word after a 
comma, denotes the number of that species seen on that 
date. | 
