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food, looking on stumpsand rotten sticks 
all the time. A rod or so farther on I saw 
another female of the same species hut larger 
by l/2. The first one gave no notes hut this 
one gave a steely sktk , exactly like the 
hairy woodpeckers. This one was on a log over 
grown with grass and hushes. Y/hen it came to 
one of these it would lightly jump over them. 
The hill is hlack. Coming home 1 saw my redhead 
again. Eis bill is yellow. He bowed to me 
very politely jerking out the ker-r-ru ck notes 
suddenly. He perched on a small limb like a 
passer. Before supper I saw a white 
breasted nuthatch on a dead limb. It was about 
6 feet above me. It would get a grub and eat it, 
and then ruffle up its feathers. The top of the 
head is slaty black. 1'he feathers around the 
vent are reddish brown. 
November 24, 1899 - Friday . 
The sparrows roost in Mrs. iiussels trees. 
This morning I got up before daylight. fj -he 
sparrows did not wake till the upper edge of 
the sun could be seen. Then one gave a chirp and 
was joined by another, and in less than a minute 
they were fighting and chirping the same as on 
going to roost. 
Saw four great blue herons going south¬ 
west today. They were about 1000 feet up. They 
looked a little larger than bluejays. 
November 25, 1899 - Saturday. 
Saw a bluejay eating some sweet corn. Saw 
a flock of about 50 bluejays going to roost. Thej 
made a great deal of noise. Saw some sparrows 
going to roost in the redoaks back of Northrop’s. 
They came in in flocks and after sailing around 
lit. They did not make much noise. 
