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Title
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Transcribed Diary Notes, 1899, Part 1_017
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Alternative Title
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Transcribed Diary Notes, 1899, Part 1
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Date
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1899
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Creator
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Elizabeth Van Sant
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Description
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Elizabeth Van Sant transcribed letters
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Identifier
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321301
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Transcription
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16 others. One nest, instead of the customary frailness, was bulky; which no doubt means that the dove added its sticks to last year's nest of some other bird. - Twice I walked the full length of an osage orange hedge ¾ mile long, but did not find a single nest of this year's construction. In another hedge, just at the corner of the road, I found a nest of the white-rumped shrike, and after many lacerations found the contents to be young birds; it was a sticky job to find out even that much, without trying to count them. Both birds were carrying food. May 17 Bluejays and kingbirds are busy picking potato bugs from the plants. The kingbird take a position on a cornstalk left sticking in the ground and makes a dash when he sees a bug, usually securing it while hovering instead of alighting; but occasionally he lights on the ground and picks them off. May 18 Again rumors today of bobolinks, and descriptions by members of the community, as on several occasions since my arrival. It would seem that the birds are here all right, but as yet I have not seen one. May 19 Took a trip to town, and caught a fleeting glimpse of what at the time I supposed to be a bobolink. But on the way home I saw a group of eight of the birds and my illusion was dispelled, as a reference to Coues' Key proves them to be lark buntings.
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Rights
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