window of a barn near Hoags. He looked in and 
1 thought from his motions that he was going to 
enter hut finally he turned around and flew off. 
Two red-eyed vireos were restless hut stayed 
around closer than the others. I scared them up 
from some tomato vines. 
Saw two brown creepers and a yellow-throated 
vireo hut did not watch them. 
After school Mr. Stout and I went over south 
of town. Saw several bluejays and robins and 
found a flock of 40 or 50 chipping sparrows in 
a field and orchard. They were probably feeding 
on the weed seeds to be found everywhere. At 
first I thought they must be tree sparrows because 
there were so many of them. I never saw them 
in a large flock before. 
September 1 8, 1905 - Friday . 
This morning not many birds were stirring. 
I saw two Nashville warblers and one or two 
white-breasted nuthatches. Heard the note of 
Sitta canadensis. It loses its vibrant stirring 
quality when heard at a distance. 
In Gattiker's yard I heard a couple of 
white-throated sparrows. 
After school Mr. Stout and I were out 
south. Saw a great many grasshopper sparrows on 
the flat rocks above a stone quarry. They chased 
each other around much like juncoes. ^Chey sat 
around on the stones or a building in little 
groups. I had never before seen them in flocks. 
They gave a lw/ note like' toisp. 
Septembe r 19, 1905 - Saturday. 
This morning fir.~Stout and i went over to the 
east narrow^ Birds were thick all along the road. 
Saw several white-crowned sparrows and white- 
throats were numerous. Song, grasshopper, 
vesper and the two preceding species were feeding 
along the road in thickets and weed patches. 
Goldfinches were with them but kept more in sight. 
Saw one palm warbler on a wii*e fence. Ate 
dinner on Pine Hill. Saw no birds there but a 
bluejay which flew over. 
