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Sitta canadensis, 
Middlesex County, Mass. 
1865. 
Feb, 18, One shot by D.C.French in the top of a dead white 
oak near Fresh Pond Lane. It flew in zig-zag lines un- 
like gitta earolinensis which alv/ays flies in a straight 
course in long undulating sweeps. It also sounded its 
note repeatedly as it flew v/hich I have never heard the 
CGiTiBion species do. It is the first I ever saw alive. 
The vnlnter has been very severe. 
