the others and it made a very pleasing medley. 
Finally when they became silent an old one that 
could sing well began and a youngster just learn¬ 
ing how repeated after it. It was clearly a 
lesson. 
Went on. Heard a song sparrow give a queer 
wavering uncertain song. I have heard it before 
hut did not know what it was. Several gave the 
other song. Went into Kaine's woods. There were a 
great number of birds here. Heard a ruby-crowned 
kinglet chattering. 
Heard the song of the fox sparrow, and saw 
the author of it in the lower branches of an elm. 
h'hen it saw me it flew off. There were several of 
them here. Their notes could be distinguished 
easily from the kissing note of the junco. Was 
crossing the little slough when a covey of quail 
jumped up. There were about 20 of them. There 
Were five young ones that could not fly as fast 
as the others. They lit in a bunch of grass while 
the others went farther. They rose when I was 
a hout 4 or 5 feet off and divided, two going for¬ 
ward and 3 back. The first ones lit in a brush- 
PHe and called like quoi hee. It was not giving 
lb the same tones that the~"oTd ones used. I tried 
to follow them but ran into a bunch of sticktights 
a nd spent a good half hour picking them off. 
kfter a few minutes the quail began to call from 
a cross the river. The ones near me answered and 
s tarted on foot in the direction from which the 
s ound came. I whistled to them and this made them 
Fuzzier They came back aways and then I stopped 
a hd they went away. Everytime I whistled they 
a dswered. 
Went on into the fields. Saw the meadowlarks 
reeding. One ate ragweed seeds from a weed. 
Then I went home. 
This afternoon I went over across the river. 
'* was quite warm. Saw some young male English 
S Furrows by the bridge. They were just getting the 
