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the particular bird about which I have been writing was an ex- 

 ceptionally gifted performer, although at least two of the songs 

 which I have attempted to describe have been heard by other 

 observers. 





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FLICKER AT NEST-HOLE 



The same site had been used for two previous seasons, in one of which the 

 was artificially enlarged by "some boy" 



Photographed from nature bj' A. L. Princehorn, at Glen Island, N. Y., June 16. 1899 



