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that go in flock a musical jumble of songs and call notes that seemed to pervade the whole air. It would be impossible to estimate the number that were gathered between Oak and Ash on seventh street but certainly it must have been over two hundred. Never but once have I seen so large a gathering. They fed in the top of the trees and on the ground males and females mixed athough the males were predominant. They were inconspicuous on the ground, the males because of the yellow Dandelions growing everywhere and the females because of their dull color.

Rose-breasted Grosbeaks were

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rather thick. Heard one give a note like [[underline]] whoi whoi whoi [[/underline]].

I heard a new song coming from the top of an oak and to my surprise saw a Cape May Warbler. The song was [[underline]] swee see swee see swee see [[/underline]] or [[underline]] swee see swee see see-see-see-see [[/underline]]. The last notes were faster. Later I saw three more making four in all. They were all males. They seemed rather leisurely in their movement. One was rather low down in a pine. The cheeks of all seemed an undecided yellow like the one seen May 12.

Tonight after school I went out to the fair grounds. Saw a male Robin with the tertials white. When at rest it showed as