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and lit on a wire on another fence and continued 
to sing. 'The other gave a low sweet song that I 
could hardly hear. It was very tender. The 
first one then flew away to hunt for food. I 
followed it hut it was quite wild. It walked. 
The bird squatted down to pick up seeds hut rose 
to its full height to sing. Its head bobbed.a 
little when it walked. It ran just as a robin 
hops. It also gave the low song once or twice. 
Vent on and heard a crow caw several times. 
While writing out my notes on a stump in Ilaines 
woods a large bird began to try to sing from the 
top of a tall tree. It sounded like a very 
cracked robin's song. Then it flew off. rretty 
soon it came back to the same tree and then flew 
off. It was a bluejay. And some white-breasted, 
nuthatches began to call. Then I went on. Found 
a large box elder on which nearly all the seeds 
had hung. The evening grosbeaks bad been there 
and the ground was thickly covered with seeds. The 
birds bite the large end off. 
Two crows flew up from a field cawing loudly 
and lit in a tree to talk it over and they must 
have been undecided from the amount of talk. 
Crossed the river. Heard a red-headed wood¬ 
pecker. 
Went on for about a mile and saw red headed 
woodpeckers, then I went home. 
Februa ry 25, 1900 - Friday. 
This morning 1 hung out" Vo mi" more suet. I put 
a piece in the maple. While sitting on a branch 
an English sparrow lit above me. It was frightened 
and flew off. 
• After breakfast the male downy woodpecker came. 
He went to the piece of suet on the branch but was 
afraid of the kitten and went on up and the cat 
after him. I threw a ipitten at the cat but the 
woodpecker was not scared. When the cat came down 
he began to eat. First he reached over to get it 
bub he hopped over onto. When he had had enough 
he went away. 
