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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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