Weihaiwei, Oct. 14—Ever since the period of "white Dew arrived (Oct. 9.) my lawns have been covered each morning with grey-white Jdew which sparkles in the carly morning Dut it is not yet frost in the true sense, [soaks the feet and legs if you venture amon the crops....a chilly experience which really inspired. this entry "in-my diary. Out hills yesterday. and walking beside a field of beans, I spied two small creatures crawling, which 1 took to be Field they slipped away into the crop. fof much-soaked shoes and stockiness I followed them and was shortly rewarded by one of my Jsmice™ rising @ foot or so and then disappearing behind the next furrow. 1 quickly realized Warblers and so through the apparently liquid: rer rose more than 2 foot, until we come to a bank Where one took refuge....and {was able to identity it (subject to correction) as Locustella lanceolate—the Streaked - Grasshopper-Warbler which is common to all China. It comforts me fat times to make a confession of ignorance, jand this was. certainly just. such atime: might have been Blyth's or Sushkin's or anybody else's Grasshopper-Warbler for all T knew
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