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perched near one of the females she would immediately take another perch farther away. He flew into the tops of the pines and sat there awhile as though looking for a place for a nest. The small birds did not seem to mind them much. When the clouds became blackest they soared to high that I could hardly see them.

March 22 Sunday.
This morning before breakfast I started for the fields. By Herman Smiths I saw two Song Sparrow down by the ditch apparently mating.
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I went down they to watch them. Soon I discovered that both were males for each one sang. One always chased the other. They flew with the trembling mating flight. If the head one sang the other immediately took after it again. They did not pay much attention to me but lit close by sometimes. Occasionally they stopped to rest but soon were at it again. Once in a while one gave a low[[underline]] chimp[[/underline]] They kept close to the ground only rising to cross a fence or get over a hummock. They kept going from one end of the ditch to the other weaving in and out; through and over