28 . 
tsip tsip tslp repeated quite rapidly. Their 
fright' "would puzzle a hunter were they big 
as much as a Wilson’s snipe. They go bobbing 
and twitching along suddenly changing their 
course and then as suddenly lighting where you 
least expect it. Then we went home. 
January 18, 1900 - Thursday . 
Went out to the barn this noon and killed a 
male sparrow which was in it to stuff. Its 
underparts were whitish, patch on throat black; 
back streaked with black and brown; rump pale 
olive drab; neck washed with grey and brown; 
crown grey, sides of head reddish brown, white 
spot behind the eye; cheeks grey, upper mandible 
black; lower yellow; wings streaked with brown 
and black;lwhite wing bar; tail black notched. 
One of its legs were brokeh and had been for some 
time evidently. The breast is darker than the 
belly. 
January 20, 1900 - Saturday . 
Went out back of the barn and hid myself in 
the straw. Soon a sparrow came and lit on the 
fence. He saw me and gave a low chweep and flew 
off. Soon another, a male, like the first came 
and began to sing his song, sounded like chu 
chu sweep tur tur tweep and so on. A female was 
with him. lie" kept turning from side to side 
while singing as if keeping watch. I then got 
down and while I was getting the straw off me 5 
lit on the fence and one was only 6 feet off. 
When I went to the house a pair were perched in 
the big maple. The male began to sing and spread 
his tail and turned his back to his mate and gave 
a low note like cuh cuh. It could be heard at 
ten feet distant ’faintly. The alarm note is 
chur chur chur 
