1895 ft. from. whr. it lit. Saw a s/s hawk. Also a & Tabanis Wooapecker. Stunerrd of days about: never near so num- around. Oct 29. Home with bad cold. a Big Hawk in oak near my house. Took a shot a it with Duck's n.g. rifle. Like the hawk I got from him that the boys call Cooprids hawks. Nov. 3. Heavy rain during night. Shot & quail in mabel's lot. Got a tin squeash s. of meadow r missed 3 shot: the birds rose & flew past me. Got st larks, 3 of them on wing, 2 were high up. 41 of the 2 fall as if dead, but only wing- tipped. Shot 1 of above lot fluttering, hesitating about lighting. Missed one far, broke a high ones leg, r missed 3 or 4 on long rice & side shots. Big band quail rose from thick horse weeds s. of Bartlett pears & flew to express back Garibalde's. Could have spotted