Sphyrapicus varius. Maine (Lake Umbagog). 26? 1880. May 25. Set G-3. Fresh--rose-tinted before blowing, but stained by the chips on which they lay. Nest in old and very rotten yellow birch, standing just inside the wood edge near the lake. N. end of Green Island. " 27 Set H-6. Nest in white birch; entrance in east side; height twelve feet; tree standing in shallow water just outside the edge of the woods. " 28. Set I-6. Fresh--ash stub; height sixteen feet; entrance on east side of tree; there were only two oth- er holes in this stub. The occupied one was black and evidently old. Yesterday we counted ten dead holes in a single birch, only one inhabited as usual. Sphyrapicus varius. 1880. Maine (Lake Umbagog). (May 29) Set K-4. Live red maple-- height fifteen feet; three other holes in the same tree, one of which had young last year. One egg of this set was very badly stained by rotten wood. While the guide was cutting off the stump the birds flew about his head showing much solicitude. June 1. Set L-6. Paper birch fifteen feet; entrance on north side. n. side of Leonard's Pond " " Set M-6. Paper birch, nine feet. Cavity black and old. There were several newer and nearer holes hi- gher up in the tree; entrance on east side. e end of island in Leonard's Pond. " 10. Set N-2. Fresh--entrance south side exceedingly rotten birch stub; height twenty-five feet. 1/48 a small specimen. 1881. May 12. Set O-3. Maple stub--east side--height fifteen feet; hole so small that the bird had to struggle vio- lently to get out. 45