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* Downy Woodpecker?

looking bird, a little larger than our Eng. sparrows, although not as large as our
cat-bird.  It flew to a Dogwood tree, held itself head downward on the twig
and bit into the fruit.  It then flew to a tree trunk, holding itself with its claws
firmly  against the smooth bark.  I saw that it had prettily mottled black and
white wings.  Can it be the nut-hatch*?  All this while, in close intervals 
it kept uttering its peculiar cry.  It then flew off quite a distance and
while flying it repeated its cry almost in the same manner.  A few
moments later another bird of the same kind appeared.  It behaved
similar to the first one but uttered no sounds.  Later still, I heard
another bird cry almost like the first.  When I entered the field I
went directly to the conical-persimmon tree.  It was still laden with
fruit and I took about a quart from the lowest branches.  I now
started homeward descending the hillside by way of the deep gulch.
The descend was quite difficult on account of the ice and it took me 
quite a time to descend.  I proceeded to O.G. crossed the river and
then went up Hilton Av. to the car terminus.  It was then 4 o'clock and
it was 5 when I reached home.  The day was beautiful, the sun shining
all day.  Found to-day in several places Euonymus Japonicus in fruit.
It is not as pretty as our native species, the pod is smooth and is more
of an orange color like that of our Celastrus.
        