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This was doiibllcss the same bird 

 which I saw the prcceeding day near 

 the same spot. It was perched in a 

 dead tree on the edge of a clearing 

 and allowed a near approach befoi-e 

 flying. As it sat in the tree, it uttered 

 loud screams sounding almost exactly 

 like the "kee-you" of the Redshould- 

 ered Hawk. Its stomach contained a 

 mouse. 



4. Falco sparveriiis, Sparrow Hawk 

 — Several of these birds were seen at 

 Caribou, usually along woods border- 

 ing open fields. One old bird, accom- 

 panied by a single young one, stayed 

 about the fields on a certain hi/1 tor 

 several days. On Aug. 15, while com 

 ing down on the train from Caribou to 

 Bangor, I saw several pairs and a 

 few groups of three Sparrowhawko 

 from the car window. Evidently the 

 birds were migrating leisurely. 



5. Ceryle alcyon. Kingfisher — A few 

 of these birds were noticed along the 

 small streams and on the Aroostook 

 river. 



6. Dryobates villosus. Hairy Wood- 

 pecker — A few were seen in the woods, 

 but it did not appear common. 



7. Dryobates pubescens medianus. 

 Downy Woodpc cker — I saw but few of 

 these birds, and all were singles. 



8. Spiiyrapicus varius, Yellow-b?l- 

 lied Sapsucker — The commonest wood- 

 pecker. They were found especially 

 on the large birch trees where they 

 had made tappings. I frequently ob- 

 served them clinging motionless to the 

 trunks by their "wells," apparently 

 waiting for the sap to collect. Occa- 

 sionally, laige hornets would come 

 and fly about, as if going to alight. 

 These, the birds would follow by 

 turning their heads back and forth as 

 the insects darted past. I saw none 

 alight at holes where a bird was on 

 guard but those places which the 

 birds had left were often swarming 

 with large white-tail hornets, and 

 other insects. One Sapsucker was ob- 



served making "peck-holes" higli up in 

 the bark of a living fir balsam. 



9. Colaptes auratus lutens. North- 

 ern Flicker — A few Flickers were 

 found in the more open cleared places 

 about the village. 



10. Chordeilts virginianus. Night 

 Hawk — Small numbers of these birds 

 were seen flying at almost any time of 

 the day, but no large flocks were seen. 



11. Cnaetura pelagica. Chimney 

 Swift — Rather common about the 

 houses in the village. 



12. Trochilus colubris. Ruby-throat- 

 ed Humming-bird — This species was 

 found in numbers about the beds of 

 jewel-weed (Impatiens) in open spots. 

 I saw twelve birds about one such 

 place on the 10th of August. They 

 were feeding from the blossoms of the 

 jewel-weed and the thistle, and after 

 a short period thus engaged, would 

 rest a few minutes on some small 

 twig. Suddenly one would dart off af- 

 ter another, and both, after a short 

 rapid flight, would settle down again 

 on the twigs; or one would go off, and 

 the other return to the flowers. Once 

 a brilliant male alighted on the same 

 twig with a dull-colored bird and both 

 touched bills and apparently ran out 

 their tongues once or twice, but I 

 was not able to learn just what was be- 

 ing done. Possibly, one may have 

 been a full-grown young bird, but 

 certainly the other one was not feed- 

 ing it -.'.s far as could be made out. 

 Several times as one of the birds 

 darted by, it made a single short and 

 distinct note, sounding exactly like 

 the ncise produced by blowing over 

 the top of a small bottle. This noise 

 was evidently produced with the 

 wings, and so far as I know has never 

 before been described. On sevaral oc- 

 casions I observed a single Humming- 

 bird hover before one of the yellow- 

 bellied Sapsucker's "wells," but in all- 

 cases which I observed, there were so 

 so many large hornets about the 



