1891.
June 27
(No 3)
England.
Chester. - the most bitter persecution not uncommon.
Their note is a low, chattering sound.
  Jays are also common here. We saw at 
least five or six. They are less wary than the
Magpies but still very alert and difficult 
to approach. Flight like our Jay's but heavier.
The bird looks light brown when in the trees
and shows a broad white patch on the rump
when flying. Heard only one scream to-day.
They seemed to me to move about among
the branches much less than do our Jays.
  Heard a number of Robins singing and studied
the song closely. It is given in bars like that of
Bachman's Finch to which some of the notes bear
some resemblance. Others recall those of our Purple
Finch. The bird sings in a leisurely manner
and for man minutes with brief pauses between
each set of notes, about in the manner of
the Hermit Thrush for instance. The song is
wonderfully varied the same set of notes being
seldom repeated save at wide intervals. Most
of the birds heard to day were perched on
the tops of brush heaps.
  Another Kinglet to-day in the Scotch pines.
It sang repeatedly. I could not detect much
difference bewteen its notes and those of satrapa
save that the preliminary of opening part
of the song was briefer. I should certainly
have passed it without suspicion as our
Knight had I it in New England.
  Also heard another Wren. It sang precisely