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bank. Her mate finally left her still at work and flying 
off to the east end of the Hill began singing almost 
out of hearing. Earlier in the morning (the nest-building 
was at 8 A. M.) I saw the pair at the cabin, probing the 
blossoms of a black oak with their big bills, flitting 
from branch to branch and keeping up the woi-e call. 
As I was paddling back to the cabin this evening, 
I heard a Big Grunter in the marsh opposite Davis’s Hill. 
It had a tremendous voice. It called only once — the 
grunting call, not the quacking. I do not remember 
hearing it here before. 
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