THAYER MUSEUM LANCASTER, MASSACHUSETTS Dec. 20. 1914 Dear Mr. Brewster, I have just returned from Carroluck Sound where I have been for the last two weeks; that is the reason I have not answered your letter before. I found the nest of the American three-toed Woodpecker near the shore of B. Pond on June 7-1895, in an old dead Spruce stump, 20 ft from the ground. The female was shot. There were two fresh eggs. The bird flushed from the nest when the stick was struck with a stick. The male bird was not seen. I never recorded this set. The eggs are now, in my museum. I have never seen this bird again at B. Pond, although I go up there every year and always keep my "bird-eye" open. Francis Sumner John E. Thayer P.S. There were thousands of Scaup Ducks at Carroluck and a lot of Canvasbacks. The Scaup geese were there in great numbers.