Bird Observations 



a. m. very close too, all alike. Had grey 

 upper parts, a pure grey, no olive, wings 

 edged with white (each feather), and a 

 white bar, tail with white outer feathers. 

 No black on throat or breast except a 

 large dark spot in the middle, forehead 

 and sides of head and stripes over eye 

 light, but not white, breast and belly with- 

 out yellow, whitish. 



August 2Qth. Spiez, Magpie. Came 

 suddenly into sight in an apple tree. Splen- 

 did big fellow in his black and white. 

 Chased a chaffinch ( ?) out of the tree. 



August 2gth. Spiez. Coal Titmouse.^ 

 Followed the song, a sweet, clear "Hall-or- 

 ree, hall-or-ree, hall-or-ree," then after 

 while a change, on a different key, "which- 

 er-ree," several times, the form reminding 

 me of the Carolina wren, the tone of our 

 chickadee's phoebe note, only not so plain- 

 tive, gayer, and a little thinner. He sat on 

 a telegraph wire and sang over and over. 

 I had heard the same notes in Grindelwald, 

 but could not trace them. He looks very 

 much like our chickadee, as does also in 

 less degree the marsh titmouse. 



August 2Qth. Spiez. Marsh Titmouse. 

 Head and nape jet black, but no black on 



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