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48 This morning I came a [[snide?]] on the bluejays. I covered the nuts over with a piece of a rubber robe. They came and looked at it and they flew away in disgust after hopping around it. This afternoon I went down through the fields to the pasture. As I was about to leave I heard a strange melody as though a goldfinch and catbird were singing together, while it ended like a Song Sparrow. I heard 3 times and the last time I saw the singer! It [[end page]] [[start page]] 49 was a little Song Sparrow. I was so near that I could see its body tremble and the bill move. I left those woods and crossing one field and going to the farther of Mr Fisk's pasture I came to where I saw the Flicker last Sunday. I look behind the log and there sure enough are the holes that he dug in search of food. I come to the mill now and sit down to copy off my notes. While here I heard a bluejay