Sitta canadensis . 
Lake Umbagog, Maine 
1395. 
The Red-bellied Nuthatches were catching flying insects 
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. 19. (which they did as actively as Flycatchers) and extracting 
seeds from the spruce cones which they took to stubs or rough** 
barked trees and stored away in small crevices for future use. 
I have seen them at the latter employment many times during , 
the present month. 
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Sitta canadensis . Sept.23 
1899. 
Oxford County, Maine. 
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ept.23 25 27 29 
Bethel. 
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