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dwell in security. It is a treat to have so many Bluebirds ilying 

 about. I have not seen anything like it for years. 



Aug. 13. Went to the Ledges again to-day; saw a Wood 

 Pewee and a Blue-headed Vireo, and on my way home, a single 

 Chimney Swift flying southward. 



Aug. 14. My hostess is a woman of resources, and when I 

 imparted to her my fears in regard to the Goldfinch babies she cast 

 about for some means of protection. This morning I was delighted 

 to find that she had fastened the broad zinc mat, on which the kitch- 

 en range stands in winter, around the trunk of the tree, and the cats 

 in the neighborhood will try their claws on it in vain. 



Aug. 16. Visited some woods that are very attractive to-day, 

 and started up some Partridges. 



Aug. 18. The little birds in the maple tree are getting on 

 famously. They are lively youngsters and keep up a chattering all 

 day long. I think they will soon leave the nest. 



Aug. 21. This morning as I sat on the piazza reading, a lovely 

 male Rose-breasted Grosbeak came into the maple tree, remained 

 for a moment, and then flew away. I followed him, hoping that he 

 might be attracted to the cherry tree, where the birds come every 

 day, but I did not find him, and was chagrined to learn that, dur- 

 ing my absence, he had returned to the tree in which I had seen 

 him and stayed there five minutes. While looking for him, I saw a 

 Downy Woodpecker on the trunk of an apple tree. 



Aug. 22. This afternoon I went down to the meadow with the 

 friend, who has been my companion since I came to this place. 

 Never did I see anything so beautiful as the cardinal flowers ; great 

 patches of ground red with them. Saw a flock of twelve Night- 

 hawks flying so low that I could plainly see the white bars on their 

 wings, and an Osprey that was perched on a very tall stump by the 

 side of the river. Heard Catbirds calling, but did not see them, 

 although I peered into the thick growth of alders where they were 

 hidden. 



Aug. 25. Took a long walk to-day. In passing a place on 

 the meadow that had grown up to bushes, a young Woodcock flew 



