Dryobates villosus. Maine (Lake Umbagog). 1880. May 21. Nest with newly-hatched young in low birch stub. " 21 Set O-3. On point of hatching. Hole in south side of brown ash stub; surrounded by water; thirty yards from shore; cavity old, black, and discolored by time and weather. Both parents seen Picus villosus. Maine (Lake Umbagog). 1880. May 21). Another nest about thirty feet above the water in an ash stub, also contained eggs, all of which were broken by cutting down the stub; entrance hole on east side of tree. [not in coll. 3725]. Saw fly from tree. 1880. (May 27) Nest with four young just hatched. June 14. Took two young males from the nest of which they were the only occupants. Upon being placed in a box they clung to the sides and, although their bills were very soft, hammered very loudly on the boards. They uttered the long rattling cry and the short sharp note of the old bird in nearly the same tone. Both were very fat. The female parent appeared as we were cutting open the hole and made a great outcry but was very shy scarcely coming within gunshot. 1881. May 14. A nest from which the female emerged, contained, I believe, eggs, but another from which we started the male proves, on examination, empty and unfinished. " 23 Set E-4. Eggs slightly incubated. Nest in small red maple which has only recently died. Entrance hole on north side, height seven feet. Eggs badly stained with yellow sap or juice which exuded freely from the interior of the cavity. Alva said it was water which soaked into the wood above and became stained in passing down through it. This nest was found May 14 when the male peeped out as we were rowing past; afterwards we frequently rapped on the trunk as we were passing, when one or the other bird would usually look out but would rarely fly from the hole. 5