bright colors. 
Went down to the ravines, saw some juncos 
and rryrtle wax'blers and there were some robins 
feeding on wild grapes at the farther end. 
There seemed to be a number of hairy and downy 
woodpeckers around. They were in the dead trees. 
I watched a female downy. She would hop around 
and try the bark v/ith her bill. She flew into a 
cornfield and began to pick at the ears. She 
would pick at the husk until she had made a small 
hole and then try to tear some of the inner husk 
out. She did not make much headway and after 
trying several ears gave it up. Her larger 
cousin the hairy was more successful and tore 
off the husks in great chunks. 
Then I went home. 
Oct ober 15, 1900 ~ Monday . 
This morning I saw two pine siskins on a 
Norway spruce, by Hangers. They flew off in an 
eto&tic manner toward the north. 
Oct ober 16, 1900 - Tuesday . 
This morning before breakfast I saw a white- 
breasted nuthatch creeping, around on the eaves 
of the barn. It would hop out and look over the 
edge and then dodge back and go down farther. 
Saw some juncos and white-throated sparrows 
by the ditch. 
October 18, 1 900 - Thu rsday. 
This morning be fore breakfast went down in 
the fields. In Lawton's pasture I heard a 
sudden burst of tinkling music and looking up 
saw a flock of about 12 rusty blackbirds. 
Hearing more of them towards Fiske's pasture I 
went over there. The song though low was quite 
penetrating then and I looked for them to be 
quite near me, but they were in the farthest oak 
on his land. The song was an outburst of tinkling 
notes intermingled with squeeks like a rusty 
Pflmp. There were about 8 of them in the tree 
and they were never silent. Then I went home. 
