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Perisoreus canadensis.
Lake Umbagog, Maine.
Perisoreus canadensis
1868
Oct 3 A pair came in to Sweet Meadow
I shot one. Afterwards the other came
back wildly searching for its mate.
Alighting on a stub near when it had
last seen it it played for an hour a
most calling in varied tones. The usual
cry is a shrill whistle very like the cry
of a Swell Hawk. Besides this they utter
a chattering note exactly like that of the
Pothinus Owl. They have several other
low whistling notes many of them very