quail. What we call a partridge she said was 
a pheasant. 
October 4, 1900 - Thursday . 
This morning I got up when it was just light. 
As soon as it was light enough to see well the 
English sparrows began. 
Went down in the fields. Saw the song 
sparrows just waking up. They called to each 
other with notes like tseet. They were very 
shrill. As soon as the sun appeared the meadow¬ 
larks sang. Heard the robins at the roost. 
Heard a chicadee whistle spring here . 
Heard a flock of quail calling to each other. 
All the birds became silent suddenly. A song 
sparrow that was in the air took hurried xefuge 
in a tree. 1 soon saw the cause of it. A 
Coopers hawk flew over rapidly. It lit in 
Hacketts grove. Came back up. Saw two bluejays 
hunting on the ground in Mrs. Russels yard. 
Heard a golden-crowned kinglet and followed it 
Up. The note lias a fine penetrating quality 
that makes the bird seem near. I found it in 
Smith’s trees. It was catching gnats. It gave 
notes like tseety tse and a shorter tse. The 
Underparts were yellowish white. Back olive- 
brown. The wings were very pretty. It frecruently 
sat still and called. It was quite tame. I 
could not see it when it was in the evergreens. 
It was so small. Then I went home. 
After breakfast I went over to that plowed 
ground. Just as I got there a train scared the 
birds off. One flock flew away. The other lit 
farther on. Went up by them. They had lit on the 
other side of a knoll. I crept up on my knees. 
Some were horned larks and some American pipits. 
The first 1 had ever seen. They were silent 
while on the ground and jerked their tails up and 
down while walking. They did not seem to heed 
We. They were noticeably different from the 
horned larks. The larks were singing. I turned 
Wy head quickly and they flew. Ed Dummer called 
