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Title
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Transcribed Diary Notes, 1899, Part 2_005
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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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35 of them was out of the question. . . Against all our resolves, we took them home. As long as they were in the vicinity chirping, the parents made a great fuss; but as soon s Father had started home with them the old birds went about the task of caring for the little one in the tree-tops, and we heard nothing more from them. The red-eyed towhee's nest which we photographed has been unfortunate. One egg in some manner got out of the nest before it was hatched, and one young bird lay dead near the nest, which was on the ground. The two catbirds' eggs have hatched, and we took one of the little helpless, pinfeathery things from the nest and took its picture - not a lovely thing. The bird was so young that it could not even hold up its head. The little orioles grew comparatively tame when put into the cage with the grosbeaks. We have to open their mouths and feed them. They are great climbers and clingers; we had to put a dark cloth over the top of the cage to keep them off the wires. They seem much more mature than the grosbeaks, even now. They are completely feathered and have only a tuft or two of down on their heads. The grosbeaks are regular babies, begging for food and fluttering their wings. They are tame and gentle. Besides their regular call note, the male sometimes utters a series of sharp notes, in quality much like the single alarm note of the mature bird. Philip regards the orioles as intruders, and pecks them every chance he
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Rights
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