1978 Walter D. Koenig Melanerpes formicivorus Arnold I Hastings Reservation 7 December 1315. Trying again. 1410. 3 birds here (briefly): ①♂ Porta/CA or #447, ②♂ Cr/wn #199, and ③♀ M? [illegible] apparently #422. 1445. Found the 4th bird: ④♂ M/-wn #267. That appears to be it. No sign of the other two birds. 1500. Everyone, including me, is freezing. I'm off. 26 December Purge: ①♀266, ②♀423. Both last seen here on 14 May, gone (?) by 11 September (not a real good watch but nothing showed up subsequently). Dis. about 12 July ±2 months 29 December Counted stores: 226. No sign of any birds in passing. 1345. ♂199 sitting in perch tree at Big Tree.