
          641.

the sky had now almost all disappeared.  I now started for home.
With the exception of one sedge like looking plant, nothing particularly
interesting had been seen.  This plant was very abundant in
many places.  I was not able to recognize it, perhaps it is
something new to me; will make the same trip again during the
summer to investigate.  It was 4 P.M. when I returned home.

[278]
Jan. 18, 1902.  Left home about 10 o'clock for a trip along Franklin Road.
This trip was taken mainly to get specimens of various kinds of twigs for
class work.  The morning was delightfully warm for the sun shone brightly
for the most part and the wind was from the south.  The road was
very dusty for January has been up to date very dry.  When close to
the Winan estate I saw a pretty red bird.  It was about the size of
the robin and although a very brilliant red when looked at from 
the front, it appeared of a somewhat duller shade, particularly on the wings when
look [looked] at from the back.  Near Franklin I saw men cutting ice from 
a pond, it was fully eight inches thick.  When near Powhatan I
heard a buzzard making his peculiar <s>I</s> cry.  [? they can only hiss].  I have never before heard
this bird make any sound whatsoever.  From P. I went to Gwynn Oak
Park where I watched the skating for a few minutes then returned to Walbrook
by way of the falls, and took the car home.[note at top of page: On this trip, while passing through the village, I was taken for a doctor by two little girls, who thought that I carried the little babies in my vasculum.] 
        