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188 Dove Coo. Saw a number of Flicker in the fields feeding. Then I went home. ___ April 10, Wednesday. This morning before breakfast I went town in the fields. It was warm and nice. Saw a single Cowbird as it flew over giving its glassy note. In a tall elm on the west side of Maine's woods a Flicker was drumming. It gave a number of rapid taps though they were [[end page]] [[start page]] 189 not loud. Others answered from across the river. Also heard a Yellow-bellied Woodpecker. Heard several Field Sparrows on the hill. Two or three times I observed the Meadowlark's flight song. A female would rise up and fly a short distance when a male would follow her. When they had mounted to a considerable distance the male would sing. He gave a sputtering, squeaking but musical notes interspersed with calls and ending with