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raised. Then it circled around and flew 
up the river. It has been quite cold. 
The river has been frozen over every 
morning for a week. I thought they had 
all gone south long ago. It was a female. 
November 19, 1901. 
MacArthur's Dam in Baraboo '4:30 p.m. 
Tonight I went down the river. By Mac- 
Art hurs dam a large brownish bird flew out 
of some willows and lit on a little island. 
I went over on it and looked the ground 
over but saw nothing. Then it flew up 
from behind a tussock of grass and flew 
over a rise to the river again. It was 
a woodcock, the first I had ever seen. 
Its flight was like that of a Wilson's 
snipe, swift and erratic with swift impulse 
of its long wings. It was a brown color 
above. It was not bright out. It was 
plumper than a WiIson's snipe. 
November 24, 1901, 
By Seeley's - 4:00 a. m. 
Tonight I was down by Seeley's. In a v/eed 
covered garden I heard a number of tree 
sparrows. I watched to see what would 
happen. They gave a number of notes like 
tsip and having ascertained that the coast 
was clear flew up and went inuo the marsh 
15 rods away to roost. The notes sounded 
as if they were telling each other to 
start. There were about 25 of them. They 
flew in a loose flock with a few stragglers. 
The flock undulated with a queer wave like 
motion. The flight was tipping as usual. 
It gave a queer impression to see so many 
fly that way. Something like watching the 
key-board of a piano while it is played. 
They fed on Lamb's quarters. 
A wet snow had been falling. 
