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Sitta canadensis.
Lake Umbagog, New England.
Nest /6–2 (2848), May 23, 1896, coll. Wm. Brewster. Female started from hole. Eggs nearly hatched. Pine Point. Tried caustic potash on three of the eggs. Ruined two and spoiled the other. Nest in rotten balsam stub. Height 15 ft. Low swampy woods of balsam. spruce & arbor vitae, near shore Glaspy Cove.
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