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Picoides americanus.
Maine (Lake Umbagog).
1871.
May 31. Shot an adult male among stubs on the edge of the
stone farm. It was very tame. Its note resembled
that of the Downy Woodpecker but was uttered in a dif-
ferent tone.
1880.
May 25. Shot an adult male. He was busily digging into
the trunk of a large dead spruce on the shore of a small
Island. He was perfectly silent, and apparently could
not have bred for sometime.
June 7. Shot an adult female in a dense spruce forest bor-
dering a retired cove. She was feeding on the trunk of
a dead spruce literally riddled by Woodpeckers. Her ham-
ering was loudand somewhat peculiar. She was apparent-
ly in the midst of incubation.
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