No. 375. Name, Red-headed Woodpecker.
Collector, John Smith.
Locality, Boston, Mass.
Date, June 3d, 1887.
Set mark, 1/4.
Number of eggs in set, 4. Identity, bird seen.
Nest, excavated in an elm tree, 20 feet up; eggs laid on chips on bottom of cavity.
The collector will of course substitute his own name, locality and date, for those given above, and if this should prove to be the second, third or fourth set of that species taken during the season, he would mark the set as 2-4, 3-4, 4-4 and so on.
(TO BE CONTINUED.)