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were white and each feather had 4 small bands of reddish brown. The belly had a few spots of the same and the undertail coverts were snowy white The shins were the same and on the leg was a fine fuzz of reddish cinnamon.  The tail 8 inches in length was round tipped with white. It was slate grey barred with black. The sides of the neck and upper breast slaty

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brown. back slaty grey. shoulders [[fuscuos?]] crown blackish.  at the back of the head is a concealed white spot.  length 18 1/2 inches.
Oct. 15, Sunday.
Went down to the ravines.  I saw the Red-head was catching insects.  then it went down in the ground and got an acorn.  then I went to where I got sixteen the Sunday before and the corn was gone.  I got 15 acorns out