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Woodpecker, and found a Brown Creeper in full son^. February 

 25th, while going to church, I saw a flock of six Larks and a 

 flock of three Tree Sparrows. 



D. W. Sweet. 



Phillips, Me. 



Queries From Fort Kent.— Last spring, during the first 

 week of May, I found a very small bird, which I haven't been able 

 to identify. It happened that I didn't have my glass, so was unable 

 to get a good description of it. All I could see was that the upper 

 parts were gray and the under parts white. It was feeding in a 

 willow tree, and the way it flitted from one branch to another 

 reminded me of a Warbler. Its song was wonderful. It began 

 wnth a faint, high-pitched "tzee," repeated five or six times, fol- 

 lowed by a low, clear and intricate warble. The song was unusually 

 loud for so small a bird. A few days later I heard the same song, 

 but was unable to see the bird. Could it be the Ruby-Crowned 

 Kinglet ? [Probably.— liu.] 



Last spring I noticed that the low song of the Hermit Thrush 

 is repeated, after a short interval, in a high-pitched tone. Is that 

 characteristic of the song of that bird ? I fail to find anything in 

 my bird books concerning that point. [I think so. — Ed.] 



While at Eagle Lake last summer, I found a Vireo, which I 

 called the Red-eyed, that uttered a few whistle-like notes after its 

 usual "l)roken, rambling recitative," with a strong accent on the 

 second note. I heard the same song several times in the vicinity of 

 my cottage, also along the shore of the lake, a distance of about a 

 mile. It may have been the same bird that I heard at different 

 times. I would like to know if others have ever heard the same 

 thing. 



Whip-poor-wills, which were unknown in this region, so say the 

 guides, lumbermen and old trappers, are getting to be quite com- 

 mon. The first one I ever found was at Square Lake Thorough- 

 fare, about six miles from Eagle Lake Mills, June 9, 1904. Last 

 summer I heard two, one near my cottage, the other on the opposite 



