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\ , At .the Farm, where I spent the day, there were 
^ yellow-rumps and a few Black-polls flitting about among the 
birches and oaks just behind the barn. Gilbert saw three 
Flickers in the orchard and I a Robin. At about 11 A. M. 
I heard a Solitary Vireo in full song apparently in an 
apple orchard not far from Mr, Lawrence’s barn. Early in 
the afternoon a Quail gave the "scatter call" a few times 
somewhere in the distance to the westward of the house. 
Squirrels of all three species simply swarmed in 
the hickory grove. It was by no means unusual to see four 
or five at once. The Chipmunks outnimbered the other two 
kinds and the Red Squirrels were somewhat more numerous 
than theGrays, I watched a Chipmunk gathering hickory 
nuts and taking them to his undergroimd storehouse. He 
could carry only two at a time, one in each cheek pouch. 
Before depositing them therein he first removed the four 
segments of the outer husk by four skilfully directed bites 
and then carefully gnawed off the sharp spur from each 
end of the nut. The Chipmunks have already taken possession 
of a new piece of stone wall which was laid only yesterdayl 
^ The sun had set vh en I reached Birch Island and 
embarked in my canoe. As I entered the open oak woods on 
my way to the island from Green Field I heard the Jays 
making a great outcry and when I neared the spot a large 
bird which I took to be an Owl started from a tree some 
distance in advance and flew off in the direction of the 
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