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stretch up his neck and, pointing his bill nearly straight 
up, open and shut the mandibles as if tasting something. 
Loons and Greves frequently do the same thing. These 
Gooseanders reminded me of Loons in other respects. They 
have nearly the same way of carrying the head and neck 
while swimming and the same bold, alert expression. The 
drake was a superb creature. When he flew, I could see 
the coral red legs and feet stretched out behind under 
the tail. 
There were seven Fox Sparrows at the cabin to-daja. 
They had eaten all the oatmeal and when I threw out some 
more they quickly began feeding on it. Occasionally one 
would sing in undertone, but there was no loud or general 
song to-day. 
As I was standing in the path near the cabin 
just after dinner, I heard a low broken warbling very like 
that of a Purple Finch singing sotto voce . At first I 
took it for the voice of a bird, but presently I realized 
that ±t came from the ground within a few yards of me. 
Presently there was a sharp rustle and several dry oak 
leaves were violently agitated evidently by some creature 
forcing its way beneath them. This was repeated many 
times, the rustling and movement of the leaves usually 
succeeding one of the warbling periods and being nearly 
always followed by an interval of silence. Once several 
large leaves were filing upward several inches. 
