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A^utumn 
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foliage 
until now, is perfectly distinct from the hurried, metallic 
auet - que t- quet which is also a common flight note. The 
former cry is, I think, usually given when the bird is not 
much alarmed and when it is about to take only a short 
flight. The quet is oftenest uttered just before the bird, 
takes wing but is frequently continued during the first 
few rods that the bird advances after leaving the ground 
or tree. The quet call indicates unusual alarm and is 
oftenest given when the bird is surprised. 
I spent a rather gloomy day at the cabin for it 
rained steadily most of the time I was there as well as 
during my paddle homeward at evening when I neither heard 
not saw anything of interest save a solit ary Great Blue 
Heron which rose from the meadow at the foot of Barrett’s 
Run and winged its way off into the gloom.. 
The red maples lost their foliage during the rain 
storm of the 13th but since then the birches have turned 
yellow and some of the scarlet oaks have also attained 
nearly the perfection of their autumn tints so that the 
woods are still brilliantly colored in places. 
