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through the woods, and making its presence known, when it cannot 

 be seen, by its penny-trumpet toot, toot, — a very peculiar note, 

 totally different from that of its larger white-bellied relative (S. Car- 

 oline nsis). 



Mr. Nelson makes the following reference to this species in his 

 list of the birds of northeastern Illinois : 



"A rare summer resident. I found a pair near Chicago with full 

 grown young the first of July, and Mr. llice observed a pair feeding 

 unfledged young the last of April, 1874, at Evanston. The excava- 

 tion containing the nest was in a tree, standing on one of the 

 principal streets of the town. It was about tvventy feet from the 

 ground. The young were thrusting their heads out of the hole and 

 clamoring for food, thus attracting his attention when they wouh' 

 otherwise have been unnoticed." 



