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evenings. They represent many hours of patient observation in 

 the earl}- morning, when the flocks of Warblers and other birds 

 were most numerous. 



May 13. — This was an ideal morning for birds, warm and 

 sunny, with a light westerly breeze. I was out before five o'clock 

 and for two hours had a fine opportunity to note what new species 

 had come within twenty-four hours. Birds were by no means 

 abundant, and it is quite evident that the great majority' of the 

 late migrants have not yet put in an appearance. A couple of 

 Kingbirds, sleek and self-reliant, had settled down among some 

 low bushes at the edge of a wet meadow, and it seemed plain to 

 me that they had been in that vicinity only a few hours, for they 

 were apparently tired after an extended flight and took long rests. 

 From an alder swamp not far from the meadow came the unmis- 

 takable call note of the \^eery, not a rod distant from my pathway. 

 Four Catbirds, without doubt fresh arrivals, were sojourning in a 

 thicket, and were seen and heard plainly. There were no consid- 

 erable flocks of Warblers on this morning, but I saw eleven differ- 

 ent species, as follows: Black and White, several: Pine, several; 

 Myrtle, a few: Parula, a dozen; Black-throated Green, common; 

 Yellow, just one: Yellow Palm, several; Magnolia, two: Oven- 

 bird, heard a dozen; Northern Yellowthroat, several: Nashville, 

 one. White-throated Sparrows were not so abundant as the day 

 before, but they were still plentiful everywhere. Half a dozen 

 Barn Swallows were flying over the Manter farm, probably a part 

 of the flock which nested in the big barn there last year. Tree 

 Swallows were also quite abundant. Flickers were not uncommon, 

 and a few of the Sapsuckers, which were seen the day before in 

 large numbers, still remained. With the Warblers quite a num- 

 ber of Ruby-crowned Kinglets were seen in the pine and hemlock 

 trees. Hermit Thrushes were fairly common in the underbrush in 

 the clearings in the woods. Chipping Sparrows were singing in a 

 score of places, and they were also frequently seen mingling with 

 the Warblers. A big whitish male Marsh Hawk sat on a log at 



