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white; this was surrounded "by black. The wings 
were barred with white; the tail is sharp and 
pointed for bracing; it is black; outer tail 
feathers white; back of head is in the male red; 
streak to base of bill and one through eye black; 
one below the eye, and the top of the head white; 
bill strong and long, black. Common note is a 
sharp skek like a stone quarrers chisel. It 
dug a lot of larvae out of dead branches. Once 
it went on the underside of a horizontal branch and 
Sot one.Going farther up this ravine I see a palm 
warbler over a fence on the ground in some weeds. 
Its underparts are yellowish streaked with dusky; 
back olive brown; wings edged with black; yellow 
over the eye. Pall dress. Note is a faint tseep . 
I scared one out of a bush a little while after 
and it lit on a dead branch and watched me for 
some time. Next I saw a fox sparrow in a tree. 
His underparts were white streaked and spotted 
uith black and brown; head ash gray, tail bright 
cinnamon brown. It sang in a low sweet tone all 
the time. It resembled that of a red-eyed vireo. 
Once the bird hung head down like a Chickadee 
from the end of a limb. While watching it I saw 
a robin eating wild grapes. There were quite a 
number of them there. They swallowed the grape 
v 'hole. Then a brown thrasher jumped on the fence 
6n d hopped along it a ways. Coming home I saw 
s °me male goldfinches that were like the female 
ex cept for a yellow spot on the breast. Then I 
WQ nt on home. 
October 5, 1899 - Thursday . 
This morning a 'bluejay came in the maple and 
af ter screaming awhile flew on to the woodshed 
oof and took a hazelnut-I had some drying - and 
®w off with it. He had done it several times. 
