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a few stragglers should have arrived two or three daj-s ago. Ten 

 or a dozen of this species were seen in one place and no others 

 were noted. Some of the birds were singing while searching the 

 trees for caterpillars, but most of them were silent. This was a 

 fine day for Fljxatchers. Besides the Kingbird and Chebec, al- 

 ready recorded as coming several days ago, I saw the Wood 

 Pewee, Alder Flycatcher and Olive-sided Flycatcher. Not one of 

 these gave utterance to a sound, so they had to be identified by 

 their coloring and difference in size. The Wood Pewee was readi- 

 ly recognized while he was flying out after insects in a corner of 

 the woods where for several years past he (or another of the same 

 species) has made a home. The Olive-sided Flycatcher had taken 

 a perch on a dead tree where birds of this species like to sit by the 

 hour during the time of nesting. The Alder Flycatcher is so 

 common in this locality that he was named from his general 

 appearance, which differs considerably from the Wood Pewee. 

 Usually, however, it is not safe to try to separate the small Fly- 

 catchers except by the difference in their notes. Cedar Waxwings 

 are beginning to flock to the blossoms of fruit trees, seeking for 

 cutworms and caterpillars. Only three or four Cowbirds are stay- 

 ing in this vicinity, and those are frequently seen around the 

 places where Warblers and other small birds are building their 

 nests. The Black-billed Cuckoo was both seen and heard this 

 morning in the vicinity of a grove of walnut trees on the border of 

 a broad meadow. The Flicker is busy drilling holes for nesting 

 places, and his loud tattoo was heard more than once, near at hand 

 and far away Goldfinches are becoming abundant, in their hand- 

 some summer plumage. They are frequently seen sitting on wires 

 and dashing across countr\', singing as they dip and rise in broad 

 curves. A Red-shouldered Hawk soared perhaps a thousand feet 

 in the air, and lower down a Fish Hawk passed over on his way to 

 the bay to secure his breakfast. 



Ma}^ 24. — I give the following list of birds seen today at the 

 Cape in the space of five hours. The fiftj^-four species present 



