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Woodpecker's sharp hill dived at him. I saw this performance 

 repeated several times. The squirrel was stuffy and determined, 

 and the bird would allow no one to walk over his table. As I drove 

 out of sight the contest was still on. 



May 20th, I saw the first Hummingbird of the season, which 

 was flying about before a closed window, vainly endeavoring to 

 extract honey from the beautiful display of flowers inside. Nearly 

 every year I have seen my first Hummingbird in a Canada plum 

 tree. This is the earliest fruit tree to blos.som, and when in full 

 bloom suggests an immense pop-corn ball. 



May 24th, I walked around the shore of a pond in search of the 

 Bay-breasted Warbler. The sumiiicr home of this sj^cies is in 

 swamps, and if the weather is hot during their migration this is the 

 kind of place to look for them. I found them fairly common in the 

 swami)S along the shore. In most cases I found otie, two, or more, 

 with other Warblers, but occa.sionally I found one .solitary. The 

 song is very weak and easily e.scapes notice even when heard 

 near by. 



Late in May I came across a male Indigo Hunting, which was 

 l)rown except about the head and breast, which wen of tlu usual 

 indigo blue. Its song made its identity certain. 



June 2ist, where I attended church a Barn Swallow entered the 

 room from a window which had been let down from the top. The 

 steel ceiling was not favorable for nesting sites. After flying about 

 over the heads of the congregation and viewing its unusual sur- 

 roundings, it flew out of the window. 



I). W. SWEKT. 



Avon, August i, 1908. 



Machias vSeal Island vSea Bird Colonies.— The third 

 week in August I made a trip to Machias vSeal Island, where a 

 colony of about two hundred Puffins breeds. All the young birds 

 had gone, but the old ones were everywhere to be seen and were 

 very tame, as they probably had been very little disturbed this sea- 

 son. One could get near enough to the rocks where they perched 



