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class at school a pair of sparrows lit on a ladder right close to the window and looked in.  then they flew up on the roof.
I saw one catching flies like a peewee the other day.  it would fly out and get one and then go back to the same place.  I think that they are beginning to eat insects now for a [[relish?]].  They are very fond of

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pigeon-grass.  The stomack of one that I opened was crammed full of the seeds with a few insects that they had perhaps found on the ground.
Oct. 19, Thursday.
I got an Baltimore Oriole's nest.  I had found when it had young in in June.  and did not climb to it.  it was 4 1/2 inches long from the branch to the bottom.  3 1/2 [[dup?]] across 8 or 9 inches on