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152 of wings and another crow flew up from the bushes in front of me where it had been feeding around a pool of water. The first one was evidently a sentinel and gave a signal to the other. Both flew over and lit in a tree towards Rob Dickies and staid there for some time. I got mixed up while going around some water and found myself going north instead of east. Started toward the track along the fence as I neared I saw a small bird sitting in a bush ahead of me. The [[end page]] [[start page]] 153 glass showed that it was a male Redpoll the first I have seen this winter. It had a dark red crown and on the breast the red showed as a sort of cross when it moved in certain positions. Altogether it was an extremely beautiful bird. It was very tastefully colored and had a quiet beauty about it entirely different from that of some birds as the Scarlet Tanager. It seemed ill at ease and continually twitched its tail. It was silent although I tried tried to startle into giving a note. Soon it flew down to a dead