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Title
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Transcribed Diary Notes, 1899, Part 2_025
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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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55 ting him into the cage, and once since. At first he was very suspicious of our every movement, but after two or three days he became more contented and quite, not getting frightened when I cleaned the cage or changed the food dishes. He will not come out of the cage of his own accord, even though the door stands open for a long time. I generally take him out after waiting for a time, having him in my hand for only a second or two. He seems to enjoy hopping about the floor, but soon returns to the cage at his own instance, entering it unless the door is closed. About the third evening he began about dusk to utter notes which had the real wood thrush tone, increasing them in volume and growing very enthusiastic, reminding one of the intensity and wildness which our common robin, another member of the thrush tribe, puts into his notes as darkness descends. His sleeping position is peculiar. Instead of cuddling down his feathers over his feet and settling on the perch as the other birds do, he stands up straight on one leg, the other tucked up out of sight among his feathers, his head settled among a fluff offeathers above the wing; the sleeping attitude commonly and incorrectly ascribed to a bird as "its head under its wing." Having no tail at present, Texas asleep is veritably a ball of feathers. His sleep appears to be very sound; often we take the lamp and stand talking to him, not three feet distant, for some time before he brings his head out of its fluff.
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Rights
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