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Crow
Great Horned Owl.

Bobwhite

Prairie Horned Lark

Crow

84. Lanius borealis

85. Merula migratoria 

86. Merula migratoria

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went away but soon came back and finally went toward the Hemlocks. 

The crows were much excited on Donaghey's Bluff and going over we scared up a great Horned Owl. I thought we had it cornered but it disappeared entirely.  Scared up a bunch of about thirty Quail the biggest one I have seen this winter.

Prairie Horned Larks were not as numerous as usual. I think they are getting spread out now. Crows seemed tame but managed to keep out of range or else hidden in the trees so that I could not see them.

March 19, Saturday.

84. Lanius borealis. A. Wetmore. Dickie's Pasture near Hemlocks. North Freedom, Wis., iris drab brown, bill dusky, whitish at base of lower mandible, tarsus black.  Length 9 5/8. wing 4 3/4. tail 4 1/8. [[female symbol]] ad. stomach contents hair & bones of a mouse in a pellet.

85. Merula migratoria. A. Wetmore. Dickie's Pasture near Hemlocks. North Freedom, Wis., iris drab brown. bill yellow, tipped with dusky. tarsus drab brown in front, yellowish behind. Length 9 1/2 wing 5 3/8 tail 3 7/8. [[male symbol]] ad. stomach contents, hard seeds and two caterpillars.

86. Merula migratoria. Fullmer's Pasture near Hemlocks, North Freedom, Wis., iris drab brown. bill yellowish orange, tipped with dusky. tarsus drab brown, Length 9 5/8 wing 5 1/2 tail 3 7/8. [[male symbol]] ad. stomach contents hard seeds & a few larvae, 1/4 to 3/4 in. long. 

This morning I went down in the fields. The river was rather high and I had to make long circuits. Near the old