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46 shrill squeling [[underlined]] chiachia [[/underlined]] nearby always given on the wing. They were silent while feeding and generally while sitting. They were quite tame but when I dropped my notebook they flew away. The gave a [[underlined]] pe le [[/underlined]] like the goldfinches. Oct. 7 Saturday. Saw the Pine Siskins again in the little Arbor Vitae. Sometimes when hanging back down from the branches they have to flutter their wings to [[end page]] [[start page]] 47 keep their balance for the limbs bend so. The ground underneath the tree was covered with dead branches and seed coverings. A line over the eye is white and the bend of the wings is white. Oct 8, [[1899?]], Sunday. Heard a Song sparrow sing several times this morning. It made it seem almost like spring. For several days I have heard the notes of a Prairie Horned Lark as it flew over and this morning I hears its creaking song.