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this noon and killed a male sparrow which was in it to stuff. its underparts were whitish; patch on throat black; back streaked with black and brown. rump pale olive drab; neck washed with gray and brown; crown grey; sides of head reddish brown; white spot behind the eye; cheeks gray; upper

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mandible black; lower yellow; wings streaked with brown and black; 1 white wing bar; tail black notched. one of its legs were broken and had been for some time evidently. The breast is darker than the belly. 

Jan. 20, Saturday
Went out back of the barn and hid myself in the straw soon a sparrow came and lit on