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hopes they would sing but they did not. They gave a queer call note like [[underline]] tzil [[/underline]] and the second time I heard it'd recognised the bird by it. They hunted around on the ground or through the lower branches. It was so cold that the insects were not up high. It also lit on the sides of trees. It flight tipping and once it made a queer zig zag by on it lit.

Heard the Blue-gray Gnatcatcher again but could not find although I hunted. It was about five rods from where I saw it first.

Then a Black-throated Blue Warbler sang. It gave to slightly different songs. It ended something like sirens does. It kept its wings hanging at its sides and did

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not travel as much as the rest of them although it was restless I did not see it on the ground but frequently it lit on the bark of the trees. Its song were [[underline]]wee see wee see wee see wee see-eelzt[[?]][[/underline]] ending in a harsh trill and [[underline]]wee si ty-wee si ty wee si ty wee-s-s-ity[[/underline]] with a note after the trill. 

Palm Warbler were quite thick. They hunted on the ground almost entirely occasionally hopping onto the trunk of a tree or flying up to about twenty feet to sing a few times before going on with their feeding. They were rather quarrelsome. Copied down a new song. Others were sometimes mingled with it. [[underline]]Keup te keup te keup te keup te keupe keupe.[[/underline]]

Two Tree Sparrows were hopping around feeding in the water of a little ditch.