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Flicker
Robin
Rusty Blackbird

Prairie Horned Lark
Northern Shrike

Robin

87. Sialia sialis

88. Cyanocitta cristata

89. Junco hyemalis

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Pasture I started up a Flicker that was feeding on the ground with some Robins in the field.  Near the R.R. bridge I saw a flock of Rusty Blackbirds flying north high up in the air.  I started home and endeavored to get a shot at a pair of Prairie Horned Larks.  Suddenly I heard a queer bell-like note and knew for the Northern Shrikes.  I followed it into Dickies pasture and finally saw the bird.  It was very shy keeping just out of range.  It frequently sat in the brushpiles so that it was completely hidden.  Finally it lit in the top of a tall tree and I dropped it with a heavy charge of No. 10 shot.

Some Robins had been quietly feeding among the sumac bushes and one flew off with loud frightened notes when the shrike flew above it and hid in the bushes.  I secured two for specimens.  The others flew to other feeding-grounds when I fired.

Mar. 22, Tuesday.

87. Sialia sialis. A. Wetmore, Rob Dickie's Woods, North Freedom, Wis, iris brown, bill blackish, yellow at edges and base, tarsus blackish.  Length 6 1/2 wing 4, tail 2 3/8 [[male symbol]] ad. stomach contents, a grasshopper & some seeds.

88. Cyanocitta cristata. A. Wetmore, Hemlock Bluffs North Freedom, Wis. iris destroyed by shot. bill black. tarsus black. Length 11 wing 5 3/8 tail 5 3/8. [[male symbol]] ad. stomach contents acorns & sand.

89. Junco hyemalis. A. Wetmore. Hemlock Bluffs, North Freedom, Wis, iris drab. bill flesh color tipped with dusky and spot on each nostril dusky. tarsus flesh color.