1910
Oct. 31
(No 4)
[October 31, 1910]

about to close around his plump little form. By this action
he suddenly presented from behind so broad and flat a surface
that I could not grasp him although my hand struck him
squarely and hard. He flew about 30 yards into some red 
cedars where we found him again shortly afterwards, perched in
one of these about 5 feet above the ground. This time he
started before I could get my hand nearer than five or six
feet and after flying some twenty yards alighted only about
3 feet above the ground in a bushy young white pine. Here
Henshaw had a try at him getting his hand within three
feet of the bird before he flew. After a rather long search
he was discovered 100 yards further on perched in a grape
vine just above a low stone wall. Henshaw again essayed
to catch him but he was too alert and when he took
wing was lost to sight almost at once and could
not again be found. His flight on all these occasions