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Pine Grosbeak

American Goldfinch
Pine Grosbeak.

71. Otocoris alpestris praticola.

72. Acanthis linaria

73. Sitta carolinensis

74. Sitta carolinensis.

Prairie Horned Lark

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The Grosbeak I shot at the Hemlock Bluffs and it was a magnificent specimen much redder than the one secured in December.  One of the Goldfinches had the scapulars bright yellow.  Both they and the Grosbeak had eaten so much that the stomach could not contain it all and so the gullet was full.

February 27, Saturday.

71. Otocoris alpestris praticola. A. Wetmore Railroad track near Carl [[Cange's?]], North Freedom Wis., iris brown, bill black, whitish at base of lower mandible, tarsus and toes black.  Length 6 7/8 wing 4 3/8 tail 2 5/8. [[male symbol]] ad. stomach contents weed seeds.

72. Acanthis linaria. A. Wetmore. Hemlock Bluffs, North Freedom Wis. iris brown. bill yellow. middle of upper and lower mandibles dusky, tarsus, black, Length 4 7/8, wing 3 7/8, tail 2 1/8, [[female symbol]] im. stomach contents, seeds.

73. Sitta carolinensis. A. Rudy. Hemlock Bluffs North Freedom, Wis. iris brown, bill dark slaty black, shading to white at base of lower mandible, tarsus black. Length 5 5/8. wing 3 5/8, tail, 2 3/8. [[male symbol]] ad. stomach contents, insects.

74. Sitta carolinensis A. Wetmore Hemlock Bluffs North Freedom, Wis. iris brown, bill dark slaty black; basal half of lower mandible ivory white; tarsus black. Length 5 5/8, wing 3 5/8, tail 2 7/8. [[female symbol]] ad. stomach contents insects.

This morning Art Rudy and I went down the track and around by the Hemlock Bluffs.  Prairie Horned Larks were very plentiful and were migrating north all day.  I could see them flying over calling either singly or in flocks sometimes to the number of forty or fifty.  They flew low just above the tops of the trees.  I shot one on the wing.