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[[blank page]] [[end page]] [[start page]] 17 [[underline]] The Outlet [[/underline]] out in the middle of the stream. Its head looked large & round & ^ [[insertion]] a warm [[/insertion]] reddish brown. After moved around nervously on the water as we approached & then rose & flew off through the trees. At first sight it suggested a Redhead. [[line drawn as to divide sections]] 2 girls in a boat wading under the trees along shore. Aug. 23 - The cardinal from abundant bloom is now falling, but a humming bd. buzzed away from the neighborhood of our group. The narrow golden green ribbons are exquisite rising from the bottom straight as [[insertion]] tulip [[/insertion]] tree trunks - threads of gold. Mussels on the bank - eaten out - others under the water in search of longlegged prey. The water has gone down so much that poling through the dense growth becomes necessary. As Mrs. Norton said it was [[underlined]] plowing [[/underlined]] through the - Vallisueria. Hunters came here - to the outlet - for duck shooting & all this rich vegetable growth must supply abundant duck food. In a shallow place where rocks almost fill the channel a brilliant male goldfinch lit down on a rock & probably had a drink. 2 ^ [[insertion]] black [[/insertion]] ducks & a broad-winged hawk, a bittern & 2 herons (see species notes) were about all we saw. See [[underlined] Botaurus [[lintiginosus?]] [[/underlined]] [[underline]] Aug 31 [[/underline]] A Thrush was bathing as we paddled by.
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Latinate names are challenge, as many have changed in last century, so context doesn't really give clue to her spelling!