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long-billed But when they seem to come very readily
to call, I'm also shot a ground cuckoo from
a fence row. It was
a bird with five tail
feathers but was nevertheless still laying.
I've also shot a black and white Wren that
was laying. They seem however few to dwell
from the many pets that we kill.
Aug 10th
Several new species were
collected as is usual everyday.
There seemed to be a great infamy
of the little Lady Flycatcher about the woods near the canal. They were in family groups and continually twittering, they also have a sharp chip like a small sparrow.
The Plantain Eater we thought were here are frogs -
the nests resemble each other greatly.
In the edge of the timber and out over the calciflow
brush I several times heard the