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After dinner I went down in the fields. Bobolinks were very thick and Mr. Fiske said that it was time to plant corn when they came. They were singing and sailing in all directions. The song began with [[underline]] Bob o-linkum? [[/underline]] and then became so [['so' struck through??]] rapid and ecstatic that it was almost impossible to copy it. Frequently six or eight sang at once when the medley of musical notes was impossible to describe. Others flew over singing high up on their way north.

Quail were whistling in all directions and frequently a pair would whirr up out of the grass in front of me to the accompaniment of low alarm notes by the male 

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and then swiftly sail off to a safe distance. The call note quoi-hee was given frequently.
A Killdeer began to call from Vail's field and suspecting a nest I went up there. The male immediately ran off and I followed him then the female appeared from near him but a careful search revealed nothing and as they did not seem very anxious I concluded that they were just feeding there.

Found a Song Sparrow's nest under the bank by the swimming hole. It contained one Cowbird's egg and two of its own. The nest was in a little hollow and was covered except for a small hole by the long dead grass. I broke the Cowbird's egg.