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Perisoreus canadensis.
Maine (Lake Umbagog).
1900.
June 7. A brood of young accompanied by both parents in a
lonely cove. The young look as black as Grackles.
The family kept well-together swining from tree to tree
in their usual manner, following the shore and keeping
perfect silence.
" 19.
An adult bird following the lake shore. Its flight
was of alternate sailing and flapping: once it rose
above the woods and actually sailed in circles like a
Hawk. It was every where followed and mobbed by the
smaller birds.
1902.
Oct. 8-22 Not common; usually found in larch or arbor-vitae
swamps, but at this season they occasionally visit the
clearings where they venture out a little way beyond
in pursuit of grasshoppers of which they are very fond.
The crops of those killed usually contained berries of
Perisoreus canadensis.
Maine (Lake Umbagog).
1902.
(Oct. 8-22) Viburnum opulus. The usual cry is a Hawk-like
scream.