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were about a week old. It was the first time I had seen one “‘in the 
wild”; and there was no mistaking her drooping crest and the white 
mark around the eye. I had such a splendid look. 
Mts. S. saw the pileated woodpecker while here—and, strange to 
say, I have not seen it since, though for a week before she came in I 
saw it almost every day. 
The Hudsonian chickadee and the Canada jay were also most inter- 
esting. We saw them in M.’s swamp. It has distinct reddish flanks 
almost exactly like the titmouse and a brown head instead of black. 
The Canada jay is rare here—so we were very fortunate. There 
was a pair of them fighting with a pair of our native blue jays. 
Also the blue headed or solitary vireo is here in two places. You 
know only one pair locates in a wood lot. There is one pair in M.’s 
woods and one pair in P.’s, north of the lumber camp. The song is so 
distinctive one never would forget it. It says so plainly, “Dearie, 
Cheerie, Three Cheers.’”’ Do any of our books speak about the song? 
Mrs. A. L. FEseEr, 
Hayward, Wisconsin. 

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