Short-tailed, field mouse killed hy Northern 
Shrike. 
January 29, 1901 - Tu e s day. 
This morning as 1 v/as sitting by the dining 
room window a chicadee came to some wood on the 
platform. It did not look long at one place hut 
peered quickly all over the chunks, lihen it 
hopped it opened its wings to help itself. 
January 31, 1901 - Thursday. 
This morning I was in the kitchen closet when 
3 chicadees came to the ranks of wood*;. They 
called at each other. One got a large grub and 
chased the others with it in its bill. They' 
seem to be thinking of mating and are quarrelsome. 
flew into the maple and whistled fu bur or 
kg. hur , for some time sitting perfectly stTll. 
I answered him and he hopped around nervously 
giving the common notes. 
There were a number of juncoes around und 
I heard a prairie horned lark. 
FEBIiUAKY. 
February 2, 1901 - Saturday . 
This morning all of the J. li. S. except Burr 
hickie went over to the hemlock bluffs. Heard 
several prairie homed larks. Found another 
mouse in the same old place. It had been there 
borthn 1 ? 11 ^ -, he head v/as eaten off - Saw the 
lu rthern shrike flv over rt- -u 
• y over * It was shaped like a 
