Sphyrapicus varius. Lake Umbagog, Maine. 1897. Watrous and Gilbert went up the Megalloway this morning. June 5. **** In the afternoon they visited two nests of the Yellow- bellied Woodpecker which they had previously found in Block Island Cove. One contained young, the other five eggs ad- vanced in incubation. Watrous unfortunately broke these eggs but he brought in the nest a remarkable one drilled in a dry ash stub. The entrance hole is evidently an old one for it is gray and weathered but the interior has been at least freshly chiselled off on every side and perhaps wholly exca- vated this season. It is not at all uncommon for Sphyrapicus to make use of an old hole in this way. In the evening we all visited a nest of this species at the western extremity of Leonard's Pond. It was in a dead, upright prong of a living white maple about 30 ft. above the water-altogether a typical situation. It contained four fresh eggs.