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other birds considerably. An Olive-backed Thrush lit in a tree and ran down an almost horizontal limb. Then it went to feeding on the ground. It ran around sometimes helping itself with its wings in a half hop and half fly when after an insect. It was rather shy and watched me closely. Finally it disappeared in Gattiker's yard.

Saw one Chestnut sided Warbler and although not so rare he seemed fully as handsome as any of the other.

May 14, Thursday.

This morning Magnolia Warblers were fairly common. The first one I saw was singing in 

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the top of an elm in front of Gattiker's and I could not distinguish the colors at first. Then others appeared and at last I could hear them singing all over. One strongly marked song was [[underline]] rit rit ree si ty rit [[/underline]]. Occasionally the last note was omitted. The song had a guttural r-sound about it that was very distinctive. 

Black-Poll Warblers were singing all over. Sometimes the song did not sound so sharp as that heard yesterday.

American Goldfinches very common. They were hard to find as they sat quiet in the tops of the trees among the leaves. Frequently a hundred or more sang at once giving one of those choruses so common among the Fringillidae