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APJ3IL. 
April 1 , 1900 - Sunday . 
This morning I heard a song sparrow and 
several meadowlarks singing. The song sparrow 
was the one that was here last year. It was 
down hy the ditch. I went down. It was in a 
little boxelder tree. It sang twice and 
then flew off. A prarie horned larks song 
sounded creaky beside it. 
After breakfast I went down to the ditch 
again. Saw a pair of robins courting. There 
was a perceptable difference in thier breasts. 
The male v/ould utter a few hardly audible chweeps 
and the female v/ould fly at him in a rage . 
Then he would go on. Finally they flew off. 
The female always ran after the male whenever 
he approached. He lit on a fence that was 
not painted and I could hardly distinguish him 
as he had his back towards me. 
The robins are thick now. I hear them 
calling from all over. Went on ana saw a 
meadowlark. It was singing from a post. It 
dropped down into the grass and then flew up 
again. 
A crow flew over. A crow's flight is 
flapping. They do not close the wing- at the 
joint. 
Some bluejays came for acorns. One flew 
towards me. Thier flight is flapping. 
Then I went home. 
