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white sides streaked with black. breast tinged with red. Crown cap bright crimson tail medium, notched. bend of wing white. small patch on throat black. Slightly larger than a Chipping Sparrow
They were startled by any sudden noise like the slamming of a door and would fly up and light on a fence or a tree a few feet away and then go back down. They let me get quite close. They went on the ground

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for seeds and hopped. They are like the American goldfinch in habits and notes. Then as my feet were [[underline]] very [[/underline]] cold I went home.
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Feb 19, Monday
was sick all day yesterday and today. Mrs. Lawton came in and said that the Evening Grosbeaks were there again.

Feb. 20, Tuesday
This morning mother asked me what those large birds were in Mr Pettys' box elder

Transcription Notes:
There is a family named Pettis living near the Wetmores in the 1900 North Freedom federal census. This is probably to whom he refers when he writes "Pettys'" edited to add spaces around tags -@meg_shuler