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a "Chip-chip." I described the song in my bird notes thus: 

 "See-e-e, see-e-e, je, je." A short distance away the song might 

 be mistaken for that of the Meadowlark. 



The same morning that I saw the above-mentioned flock of 

 White-crowned Sparrows, I saw the Chewink, which I have not 

 previously mentioned in my notes to the Journal. While on an 

 upland three miles from home, my attention was attracted to a new 

 song. I found the bird on the bare limb of a large maple bush. Its 

 large size, its jet black head, throat and breast, with white belly, 

 suggesting a giant Junco, the bands on the sides like those of the 

 Chestnut-sided Warbler, and the large, conspicuous tail, left no 

 doubt as to its identity. It was not shy, and as I was observing it a 

 few feet away, a similar but duller colored bird, the fenlale, flew up 

 from the underbrush and perched on a limb near her mate. The 

 song is exceedingly difficult to represent in words, but Chapman's 

 description is probably the best that can be given. These birds 

 came during a great bird wave, and were probably carried far 

 beyond the usual range in the same way that certain southern spe- 

 cies find their way to the southern part of the State. 



May 1 8th, I heard what sounded like the ringing of a cow bell. 

 This proved to be a Yellow-bellied Woodpecker tapping on a small 

 dipper hung up on a young hemlock by a spring i^i the woods. On 

 a previous occasion I found one of these birds pecking at a circular 

 piece of tin which had been hung up on a tree for a target near an 

 old lumber camp. One of the favorite pastimes of the Yellow-bellied 

 Woodpecker is to tap on telephone wires and listen to the sound of 

 the vibration. One day, about the middle of June, I saw one of 

 these Woodpeckers have a little difficulty with a red squirrel. Near 

 the roadside was a white birch, on which the Woodpecker had made 

 a large number of holes a few feet above the ground. The squirrel 

 wished to pass up the tree and as he approached the patch of holes 

 the Woodpecker dived at him and the squirrel was glad to make a 

 quick retreat to the ground. The bird lighted on the trunk of a 

 near-by tree, and the squirrel, not in the least discouraged, renewed 

 the attempt to go up the tree, but again hastily retreated when the 



