Sphyrapicus varius. Maine (Lake Umbagog). 1876. June 9. An inaccessible nest in a tall stub had the smallest entrance hole that I have ever seen, so small in fact that the bird had to struggle violently to get in. " 15. A female launching out into the air and catching flies. (June 22) They now got their living largely by flycatching and are nearly as good marksmen as any of the Tyrannidae. ✓ 1879. June 3. A pair putting the finishing touches on their nest in a birch stub. " 17. Nest on Cambridge River with young; they chatter- ed in the manner of all young Woodpeckers. Hole in birch stub. Height fifteen feet. ✓ " 19. Most if not all of the young are hatched. In a nest found yesterday the young were clamouring loudly-- the hole was in a small red maple standing in the water-- height ten feet--limb only half dead, many of the branches being still green--the male showed his beautiful head at the entrance when I rapped at the tree, but no amount of hammering could make him come out. 1880. May 21. Set E-5. Fresh--elm stub; height thirty feet. Entrance on west side of tree; this nest was unmistaka- bly a last year's one, the hole and interior black and discolored by the weather; there were several new and perfectly finished nesting cavities in the same tree, besides an old nest of the Pileated Woodpecker near its top. ✓ " 23. Approaching a stub where a brood of young were rear- ed last year I distinctly heard a Woodpecker at work in- side. A few raps on the trunk with our ax brought his crimsoned head to the entrance which as usual was so small that he had to struggle to get out. " 25. Set F-4. Fresh--small dead ash; hole old and black; height twenty feet; eggs beautifully roseate before blowing. May 20 we the birds entering a hole higher up in the same stub. ✓ 44