Wags. Down by the ravine I scared up a meadow¬ 
lark. It lit on a post and I sat dov/n to watch 
it. The belly was white; breast yellow with a 
black crescent on it; the back was streaked with 
black and brown. It had a curious way of moving 
its bill. Crossed the ditch and 2 wire fences on 
a post I saw a male song sparrow. It had a 
black spot on its breast a little larger than the 
end of a pencil surrounded by stripes of the same 
color; belly white; it sang. 
While crossing another fence I heard a 
drumming noise and saw a flicker on a dead limb 
of an elm tree. It had red on the back of its 
neck. The tail was short and was used to brace 
with. It drummed and gave a note like whick-ah 
whick ah bowing all the time. 
While looking for a song sparrow in a brush- 
pile I saw a dusky duck on the river. I stood on 
the bank and watched it as it swam around in 
front of me for some time. After a little it flew 
upstream and lit again. Then I went home. 
April 17, 1898 - Sunday . 
This morning a chipping sparrow was in the 
yard. The crown was reddish brown; back streak¬ 
ed with brown and black; underparts grey. The 
till is black. Over by Mrs. Pettey's I saw a 
pair of yellow bellied woodpecker. They had red 
on the throat and head. It bad drilled holes in 
a Norway sprunce. 
MAY 
May 15, 1898 - Sunday . 
This afternoon i Went' down in L. Voll’s woods. 
Just beyond the spring I saw a male rose-breasted 
grosbeak. On the breast was a rose red spot; belly 
white; head and upperparts black, wings barred 
with white} bill large v/hite. Its song sounded 
like that of a robin. 
By a rail fence in a brush pile was a flock 
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