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alarmed. They kept along the ground. They were quite tame, flying up and looking from some weedstalk or bramble, thru rose red bills looking very pretty with the two white wing bars. I heard one give an indrawn note like [[underline]] soo-soo [[/underline]]. I saw this one eating pigeon grass. I also saw a young one farther on with the large mouth and short tail which tell a young bird anywhere. It could fly quite well and was very tame. I saw about

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8 in all. (Fall plumage)I went on up the hill and as I neared another berry patch at the top I started a flock of White Crowned Sparrows. Crown striped with blacks and white; the white stripes do not extend to the bill; back streaked with black and brown; throat whitish; underparts whitish. a plump bird about the size of an English sparrow. It is a ground bird. note a faint [[underlined]] [[tsip?]]. Then I went home.