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495. Dendroica coronata (con.)
496. Spizella socialis

497. Spizella socialis

498 Pooecetes gramineus

499. Zonotrichia albicollis

Blue-winged Teal

Green-winged Teal

Robin

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Length 5 1/8 wing 2 3/4 tail 2 1/8 [[female symbol]] im. stomach contents insects.

496. Spizella socialis. A. Wetmore. R. Dickie's pasture, North Freedom Wis. iris brown. maxilla brown. mandible paler. tarsus pale brown. Length 4 7/8 wing 2 3/4 tail 2 1/4 [[female symbol]] ad. stomach contents seeds.

497. Spizella socialis. A.B. Wetmore. R. Dickie's pasture, North Freedom Wis. iris brown. maxilla brown. mandible paler. tarsus pale brown. Length 5 1/8 wing 2 3/4 tail 2 1/4 [[female symbol]] im. stomach contents seeds.

498. Poecetes gramineus. A.B. [[strikethrough]] Wetmore [[/strikethrough]] Stout. Seeley's Plum Orchard, North Freedom Wis. iris brown. maxilla brown. tip of mandible same. spot on side of maxilla and rest of bill pale buffy. tarsus pale brown. Length 5 5/8 wing 3 1/4 tail 2 1/4 [[male symbol]] im. stomach contents. insects.

499. Zonotrichia albicollis. A. Wetmore. Rob Dickie's pasture, North Freedom Wis. iris brown. maxilla brown. base of mandible buffy. rest lilaceous tarsus pale brown. Length 6 wing 3 tail 2 3/4 [[male symbol]] im. stomach contents insects.

This morning after breakfast I went over in the Half Mood Woods. Along the river I heard a thin, high [[underlined]]quark [[/underlined]] that reminded me of an Owl. The next instant a flock of about fifteen Blue-winged Teal flew up and went down the river. They circled around and would have passed over me but again I heard the same call from one of them and they turned off. I followed them up but could not find them. They had been on a mud bank.

Later I scared up about a dozen Green-winged Teal from the water where they had been preening themselves.

Robins were thick all along the river. I shot a fine male