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Lake Umbagog.
1909.
a June 6. A Red-bellied Nuthatch, heard this morning near this camp was calling in
(no2) Song (2) of Sitta
a peculiar manner, uttering a hě-hě-hě-hě-hě-hě-hě-hě all these Canadensis
notes being alike and uttered very rapidly. The general effect was
not unlike that of the scolding chatter of the House Wren. I think I
have heard this before but it is unusual. I wonder if it corresponds
to the wot-wot-wot of Sitta carolinensis and is, in effect, a song.
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