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Title
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Transcribed Diary Notes, 1899, Part 2_012
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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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42 and the other feathers pulling out easily, leaving bare patches here and there. The rose color under the male's wings is exquisite, and the feathers have grown to one-half inch in length, covering the entire under surface and showing a little in front and often peeping out between his shoulders. When he preens his feathers he makes a pretty display. He has two tiny specks of rose appearing on his throat. He presents a rather bedraggled appearance otherwise, with two great bare spots on the top of his head and several tail-feathers missing. Both the grosbeaks and one of the orioles are doing considerable singing. The/male grosbeak makes a great effort, shaking his body and swelling his throat. He sings with his bill shut, only occasionally opening it and letting out a louder note. The birds do not seem shy, but sing with us moving about the room, even when we are near their cage. They take on an abstracted air when singing, as though giving entire attention to the task in hand. Their willingness, even eagerness, to bathe, is refreshing. In the morning I put a bath dish into the cage, and frequently two and sometimes three go into it at a time, and inside of five minutes there are usually four very wet birds. Philip seldom goes into the dish, but seeks a low placement when the others are bathing and takes a shower-bath, fluttering his wings and getting as wet as any of them. The orioles have grown very droll in their actions. They have a queer habit of prying with their bills, and are full of curiosity.
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Rights
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