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 2Qth. 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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