50 PROCEEDINGS OP THE 



August 19th. — The Redwings are now going about in flocks. 

 The immature plumage predominates. Most flocks seem to 

 have one or two adult males, the rest being females and birds 

 of the j'ear. 



August Z5lh. — ^larj-land Yellowthroat, Indigo Bird, Swamp 

 Sparrow, Wood Pewee, and Tufted Tit still in song. 



September 10th. — Gunners showed me two Sora Rails which 

 they had just taken. 



September 30th. — One of the boys shot a Pied-billed Grebe 

 this morning. A single Marsh Wren heard singing to-day. 



October 15th. — Now the Robins congregate in large flocks in 

 the sour gums to feed upon the purple berries. Swamp Spar- 

 rows still in song. Saw quite a number of Pied-billed Grebes. 

 Watched three for some time. Saw one of them catch and eat 

 a small eel. Also saw a Coot (Fkilicn) among a small flock of 

 domestic ducks. It took wing ver}' reluctantly. 



October 27th. — Night and Great Blue Herons still about the 

 marshes. 



November Sd. — With the last week of August the Cardinal be- 

 comes inconspicuous. How he manages to conceal himself so 

 well I am unable to say, but certain it is if you want to see 

 Cardinals during September and October you have to search for 

 them. Perhaps the gunners are his reason for keeping under 

 cover. To-daj', however, Cardinals were much in evidence. I 

 counted twenty brilliant males in sight at one time. 



November 18th. — Beside our boat-house stan.ls a willow. 

 To-day at dusk I saw a Downy Woodpecker climbing about in 

 it, occasionally calling. At last he worked out to the end of a 

 broken limb, disappeared, and all was quiet. On going to the 

 tree and throwing a stick against the limb, he came out in a 

 hurry. He had evidently taken up his quarters for the night 

 in a hole in the end of the broken limb. 



November 19th. — Heard a Screech Owl hooting at 3:30 p. m. 

 Large hawks are becoming common about the marshes. 



November S3d. — A small flock of Redwings is still about. 



November 26th. — A Northern Shrike put in an aj)pearance to- 

 day. Also saw a Mallard drake in company with a flock of 

 domestic ducks. We approached within fifty feet before he 

 took wing. A few Killdeers are about the marshes. 



