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Title
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Transcribed Diary Notes, 1899, Part 2_015
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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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45 bird made no haste to depart, sometimes lingering for two or three minutes to pry about in his fingers for more meat. Aug. 16 Yesterday and today when the birds were out of the cage the orioles alighted upon us to get food. Although none of the birds are really afraid of us, it is often difficult to catch them when we wish to place them again in their cage; I believe they make a sort of game of it. The easiest way is to throw a cloth over them; stange to say, they do not try to dodge it. We have put Tatters in a cage by himself. His whole body is almost featherless and seems to excite the curiosity of the others; and no wonder! They investigate his sharp little back-bone in about the same way they do the gas fixtures; we found that the skin had been broken in one place, so we have put him away for the time. Fluff seemed to be head of the committee of investigation. Aug. 26 Brother Will's family has been visiting us, and the influence of the children on the birds is most beneficial; they have grown accustomed to having the children around all the time, frequently close to the cage, so they have outgrown much of their timidity. Fluff, for some reason, has grown more and more shy of late. She does not seem afraid, but she does not come to the wires of the cage and bit our fingers as she used to do, and as tatters still does. The orioles will alight upon our fingers when we thrust them into the cage, trying to pry off the nails and hammering like a woodpecker.
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Rights
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