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crown and back streaked with black, white and 
buff. One of its notes sounds like the chuck 
of a small blackbird. It has a number of notes 
such as tsa tsa, cuh cuh , chick , spit tuck 
and kimp~ The lasttwo answer emphatic, the 
last being like that of a long-bill. Its tail 
is at right angles to its back. It jerks it 
up and down and looks at you talking all the time, 
It is very inquisitive looking' at you out of the 
weeds. It is a low ground bird, flying along 
with a rather bobby flight near the ground. 
Then after picking the sticktights off me I went 
home. 
September 26, 1899 - Tuesday . 
This morning there was a severe frost and 
as I went to the barn I heard a meadowlark sing. 
September 28, 1899 - Thursday. 
Today it was quite cold. A hard north wind 
was blowing and I heard a catbird along the 
river bank. 
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September 50, 1899 - Saturday . 
Heapd a song sparrow sing several times this 
afternoon down by the ditch. 
This afternoon I went up on the hill. As I 
approached a berry patch a little field sparrow 
flew out with a faint tsip. Its upper breast 
was grayish; rest of underparts whitish; top of 
head dark brown; ring around neck whitish; rest 
of head gray; streak in the back lighter; upper 
half of wing brown streaked with black, lower 
half huffy, edged with black; tail long and 
notched; upperside black; lower white; two white 
wing bars. The long tail gives it a bobbing 
tiltj flight. One gave a soft twittering low 
note sounding like tsa tsa tsa tsa . When I 
entered the bushes the tsip not e "was sharper as 
if the bird was alarmed. They kept along the 
ground. They were quite tame, flying up and 
