it lay and I shot it but only winged it. 1 
found the first one easily enough but the 
other seemed to have disappeared. Its tracks 
spaced from two to four feet apart led to a 
fallen tree, but I could not find, finally 
I stooped down and saw it in a hole in the end 
in a space that I could just put my hand in. 
We went up the valley to below Knoops farther 
than I had ever been before. Saw some tree 
sparrows and redpolls here and as we started 
home two goldfinches flew over. 
This afternoon I was over by Old Mrs. 
Petty’s with my collecting pistol. Two blue- 
jays flew into a thick Norway spruce and I 
shot one as it sat on a limb pounding what I 
took to be an acorn. The other was in a thicker 
part giving the love note. When I shot it flew 
off but returned time after time to call ior 
the other. I think that it is possible that 
some of them remain together the year round 
going through the mating actions in spring but 
in reality mated. The two shot in the forenoon 
would point to this also. One had had a piece 
taken out of the side of its bill. 
Ja nuary 16, 1904 - Saturday. 
This morning it was cold and windy but in 
sheltered places was quite warm. 
There has been a single chi cadee around 
all winter. It roosts abwe a window on Mrs. 
Russel’s porch. It puts in a good deal of time 
around our place, especially around the wood- 
pile. I can see it or hear it at any time when 
I go out doors. It is very tame up to a certain 
point. 
This morning a female evening grosbeak was 
around for a few minutes but I did not get a 
shot at it. 
English sparrows are beginning to show signs 
of mating. I saw a male in a hole coaxing a 
female to come in and later saw her enter. He 
uttered some queer trilling notes. 
