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Nov. 19, Sunday

went to the ravines as I [[strikethrough]] go [[/strikethrough]] went over the wire fence I chanced to tear off a piece from a post when out from behind it tumbled a number of half acorns some in the shell and some loose. most of them wormy I think that my brownish-black-headed red-head had put them there. went on about a rod farther on

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the tree where I fancy he was raised and where I had an egg I found shells of acorns around the foot and pieces put up to get wormy. went on up the ravines and saw a tree sparrow. now I do not see why it should be called a tree sparrow for it is as much on the ground as in a tree and does not seem at all out of place. It is easy to distinguish it from the Chipping sparrow.