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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

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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.