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apple and oak trees and a clump of pitch pines, perhaps. 
They are incessantly chasing one another about and this 
habit seems to be the result of pure, wanton playfulness, 
rather than the outgrowth of an irascible nature. When 
a high cold wind prevails, they will sit motionless among 
the foliage for long periods of time. I have occasionally 
scanned the branches of an oak or apple tree for many 
minutes before I could make out even one of the numbers that 
had sought shelter there an instant before. Sometimes they 
cling against the lee side of a leaning branch, supporting 
themselves nearly like Woodpeckers. Oftentimes they sing 
at intervals tho* the fierce blast nearly drowns the feeble 
notes. Finally one starts off with the usual plaintive 
call»note, and all the others go straggling after, each 
calling as he flies, until their forms are lost in the dis¬ 
tance and the sad voice alone comes faintly stealing on 
the air over the painted woodlands. 
