1893
Jan. 10.
No. 4.
place. How the Blue Jays used to congregate in these thickets
of a winter morning, screaming and flashing across the openings
as F. and I advanced, presuming much on our lack of skill with
the gun not always wisely for I remember one bird that paid the 
penalty for his rashness and how we found him, lying back up,
the beautiful wings and tail wide spread, the snow under his
bill stained crimson with blood.
  Most of the crows just mentioned flew off over the marshes
at the first alarm but a few scattered among the trees and evad-
ed me by short flights.