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— a lot of twitters ending with the familiar " Wlchery, wichery, 

 wichery" — then he dived earthward and disappeared among 

 the vegetation of the marsh. 



May 26th. — A Least Bittern was singing this afternoon. Al- 

 though these birds are common, this is but the second tune I 

 have heard the song in these marshes. Perhaps I was not here 

 before at the right time. 



May 27lh. — I was drifting along in my boat at 10:30 p. m. 

 Everything was quiet, when all at once a Yellow-breasted Cliat 

 burst forth with a volume of scold notes. Something had dis- 

 turbed his slumbers. 



May 28th. — Found a Least Bittern's nest with five slightly in- 

 cubated eggs. 



May 29th. — Found a domestic duck's nest out in the marsh. 

 The nest was built of the dead stalks of aquatic plants and well 

 lined with down, which partly covered the ten eggs. To all 

 appearances it was like the nest of a wild duck. 



May 30th. — Two Yellow Warbler's nests found, each contain- 

 ing four eggs. Also a Blue Jay's nest with four well- fledged 

 young. Saw an American Bittern to-day. It certainly looks 

 as if he were a breeder hereabouts. 



June 15lh. — Was standing in front of our cabin when a Vir- 

 ginia Rail crossed our ditch and disappeared among the spat- 

 ter-docks, where it uttered some cluck notes and out came four 

 young Rails, and one by one they swam the ditch. About five 

 minutes after they had disappeared a weasel made his appear- 

 ance from almost the very spot where the young Rails had 

 entered the marsh. Luckily he was traveling in the other 

 direction. 



June 22d. — While going along in my boat this evening I 

 flushed several Kingfishers from bushes overhanging the water. 

 On several occasions I have flushed them after dark from such 

 places. It would seem that they roost there. Just at dusk a 

 Whip-poor-will sang. This is my only summer record for Pen- 

 sauken. 



July 8th. Have been throwing crumbs to a pair of Catbirds 

 which have a nest somewhere near the cabin, and they have 

 grown 80 tame that whenever I put in an appearance they come 



