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West Lake Road Near Devil's Lake 3:30 P.M. April 10, 1902 This afternoon I walked out to the lake by the west road. Vesper Sparrows were quite thick. [[marginalia]] singing roosts [[/marginalia]] The males sang from fence posts bushes and trees. [[marginalia]] song [[/marginalia]] The song was drawn out and was repeated in many cases without a pause. Sometimes it was given in so low a tone that I could scarcely hear it twenty feet away. [[marginalia]] call note [[/marginalia]] One gave a peculiar call note like [[underlined]] tsur. [[/underlined]]
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