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187. Polioptila caerulea

188. Polioptila caerulea

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iris brown. bill, maxilla & commissure slaty. mandible dusk. tarsus slaty brown. Length 6 1/2 wing 3 3/8 tail 2 5/8. [[male symbol]] ad. stomach contents. seeds & insects.

187. Polioptila caerulea. A. Wetmore. Devil's Oven Rock River, Indian Ford. Wis. iris brown bill black. tarsus black. Length 4 5/8 wing 2 1/4 tail 1 7/8 [[male symbol]] ad. stomach contents small insects.

188. Polioptila caerulea. A. Wetmore. Devil's Oven, Rock River Indian Ford, Wis. iris brown. bill black. tarsus black. Length 4 1/4 wing 2 tail 1 1/2 [[female symbol]] ad. stomach contents. a worm.

This morning Mr. Stout and I drove over to Lake Koshkonong. Dickcissel's were common along the roads they sat in trees or on telephone poles and sang. generally they perched rather high. We saw one female on a fence. They flew with a strong flight like that of the English Sparrows. They were not very wild
  
Vesper Sparrows were very common along the road. Some had rolled in the dust until they were fairly white. 
 
The Song Sparrow I shot thinking it was something else it seemed slightly different from those at North Freedom.
  
In the afternoon we drove over to the Rock River. Found a pair of Blue-gray Gnatcatchers here and secured both. The male sat in a dead tree and I had quite a time locating him. When I saw him he was preening his feathers. They gave a note like tsee-tsee. They were hard to locate. The female was hunting through an oak. She was very restless but I finally got her. She contained an egg which spoiled the feathers. They were evidently nesting.