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Title
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Transcribed Diary Notes, 1899, Part 2_002
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Alternative Title
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Transcribed Diary Notes, 1899, Part 2
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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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32 Long distance from the nest; here we placed them suitably on a twig of a dead branch which we set up, and took two photographs. We then took them home, and established a nursery. The male, which seemed younger, readily opened his bill for food; but the female we had to feed. The sparrow displayed the deepest interest in the newcomers. His wildness entirely deserted him, and he was omnipresent when the grosbeaks were being fed. He would perch on their backs, and their bills would fly open, begging him to feed them; but he did not understand their language. He soon found that the food which was carried on a stick to the little ones tasted better than that in the dish, and he lost no opportunity to cheat them out of a mouthful. He would even steal it from their throats if they did not swallow it promptly. They had a way of continuing their begging with their mouths full, and this gave the sparrow a chance which he learned to take advantage of. The grosbeaks do not show a trace of wildness, but sit upon a perch in perfect contentment. They have plaintive call note that is more musical than the average infant pleading. Their heads have thick tufts of white down, making them look very quaint. At night we put them in a box and covered them with flannel, as we thought they were accustomed to being brooded. We found today in the woods a nest of Baltimore oriole. It has very young birds in it.
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Rights
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