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song heard May 1 in the shape of additional syllables. A common form was [[underline]]er-e tre-er-e-whert[[?]]-tze[[?]] [[/underline]]. I was easily recognisable however much varied. Once I saw two in the same tree. I watched one for quite a while. Generally they would hunt along one or two branches and then fly may six or eight rods to another tree to repeat the performance. This made them hard to watch as the ground was in places covered with water to get around which I had to make long detours. This one however kept to a group of three or four trees for a considerable time. It would stretch up raising its crown to look into a bunch of half opened leaves and then

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perhaps catch some passing insect on wing. Once it got a green measuring worm and shook it and beat it on the limb before swallowing it. It was very alert and handsome.

Saw my Blue-gray Gnatcatcher again. It was singing and would it up for five minutes at a stretch. This however did not interfere with it movements, for it was hardly still an instant. The song was very low but was a pretty warble. It reminded me of the Catbird greatly with a slight touch of the Brown Thrasher. Once it gave a low [[underline]]jay jay[[/underline]]exactly like a Bluejay. It gave a note like [[underline]]pe er[[/underline]] or simply [[underline]]pe[[/underline]] a variation of the [[underline]]put[[/underline]] and also a kissing [[underline]]tuck[[/underline]] at kept hopping restlessly from

Transcription Notes:
"This however did not interfere with it's movement[s]." Correction.