Found where a mink had eaten one. It had eaten 
it all hut the upper mandible. Feathers were 
strewed all over. 
Saw a phoebe. Then I went home, 
l'his afternoon I went down in the fields. 
Saw two rr^rtle warblers. In Maine’s woods were 
a number of song and white-throated sparrows. 
They were bathing in the slough. 
Saw a yellow-bellied woodpecker getting grubs 
°ut of an elm tree. Heard a flicker give the 
harsh fall note. 
Then I went home. 
September 50, 1900 - Sunday . 
This morning before breakfast I went down in 
the fields. There v.'ere great numbers of meadow¬ 
larks singing. There were 6 singers near me 
besides others that were feeding. One attempted 
the flight song. They gave alarm notes when I 
approached as whoip and the harsh note. One 
gave a note like whese . 
Saw some more prairie horned larks. They flew 
around in an erratic manner and fought with each 
other in the air. 
Two bluejays passed me with acorns in their 
bills and hid them along Lawton’s pasture fence. 
I could not see the exact point as they were 
Moving continually. Two killdeer alighted in 
the field. Then I went home. 
Af 1 er breakfast I went out again. Hunted 
along the fence for the acorns but did not find 
them. (Hidden by the bluejays). Noticed that 
the downy woodpecker gave the sharp note and the 
rattling note on the wing. Scared two vesper 
oparrows from some willows. Heard some crows 
c aws. 
hobins from the plum orchard roost began to fly 
°ver in long stringing flocks. A few hundred 
*set apart with them were a few cedar waxwings. I 
think that I saw upwards of 200 robins and nearly 
25 cedar waxwings in 15 minutes. The waxwings 
V/ ere silent but the robins gnve lisping notes. 
