. The oist . Ants and Ospreys. June 20, 1914—While climbing up toan Ospreys nest in a dead pine onthe Tred Avon River, I found that apair of Red-Headed Woodpeckers hadmade several large cavities in the tree,about 20 feet from the ground and below the Fish-hawks nest. They hadraised a brood of five young in one ofthese holes, one of which 1 shot. Itsstomach contained black ants and awhitish grub. These woodpeckers evi-dently fed on the numerous ants aboutthe hawks nest. June 30—Collected a set of two Os-prey eggs. Noticed a pair of P^lickerspecking about a hole on a nearby examination
. The oist . Ants and Ospreys. June 20, 1914—While climbing up toan Ospreys nest in a dead pine onthe Tred Avon River, I found that apair of Red-Headed Woodpeckers hadmade several large cavities in the tree,about 20 feet from the ground and below the Fish-hawks nest. They hadraised a brood of five young in one ofthese holes, one of which 1 shot. Itsstomach contained black ants and awhitish grub. These woodpeckers evi-dently fed on the numerous ants aboutthe hawks nest. June 30—Collected a set of two Os-prey eggs. Noticed a pair of P^lickerspecking about a hole on a nearby examination the hole seemed tohave been freshly made but containednothing. Ants were abundant aboutthe Osprey nest. Climbed up to another Osprey nestnearby but the nest was so bulky Icould not reach or climb over the rimto find what was in it, but I thoughtthat it contained young. Since then I have often seen Flick-ers and Woodpeckers feeding aboutthe nests of these birds. B. , Md. THE OOLOGIST 125. § i- MI- CO cJ) o ^ re 0:f 2 CD s: EKu I T5 ns o E lU 5 •M O ^ o ^ D -i^ O o re CO -I- 126 THE OOLOGIST The Nesting of the Greater Yellow-legs in Manitoba. (Totanus melanolcucus)Last year (1914) the Greater Yellow-legs was only a migrant In this partof Manitoba. During the whole sum-mer I did not see a single individual,until late in the autumn they arrivedhere in great numbers from theirnorthern breeding grounds. If any ofthem remained here during the summer, they were so few that they en-tirely escaped by observation. This year (1915) several pair remained here to breed. I am certain olat least three pair breeding within aradius of four miles from my particular pair was constantlyseen at our lake shore not more thantwo hundred yards from the house. Itis hardly necessary to mention that 1paid very close attention to the move-ments of these birds, having a slighthope of being able to locate their morning in June, while I waswith one of my neighbors buil
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