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Room D, High School In Baraboo  3:15 P.M.

Dec. 9, 1901
[[marginalia]] number [[/marginalia]] This afternoon in Latin class I had a little spare time and put it in watching 5 or 6 English Sparrows in an elm 10 or 15 feet from the window. 
[[marginalia]] sex [[/marginalia]] They were female and young males with an undeveloped throat patch. 
[[marginalia]] actions [[/marginalia]] They flew nearly straight down to the road and fed awhile and then came back. They sat still looking around twitching the tail slightly one in awhile. One regarded me with evident interest. They kept their feathers well puffed out. That one feathers puffed out so far in front that it looked like an enormous crop. They perched on small limbs that they could grasp closely. They wiped their bills frequently.