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32 Sept. 28, Thursday, Today it was quite cold. A hard north wind was blowing yet I heard a Catbird along the river bank. Sept. 30, Saturday. Heard a Song sparrow sing several times this afternoon down by the ditch. This afternoon I went up on the hill. As I approached a berry patch a little Field sparrow flew out [[?]] with a faint [[underlined]] tsip [[/underlined]]. Its upper breast was greyish; Rest of underparts whitish; [[end page]] [[start page]] 33 top of head dark brown; ring around neck whitish; rest of head grey; streak in the back lighter; upper half of wing brown, streaked with black; lower half buffy, edged with black; tail is long and notched; upperside black; lower white; two white wing-bars. The long tail gives it a bobbing tilty flight. One gave a soft twittering low note sounding like [[underlined]] tsä tsä tsä tsä [[/underlined]] When I entered the bushes the [[underlined]] tsip [[/underlined]] note was sharper as if the bird was