9() Till'. WlI.SON lUl.MCTIX Xo. .")(). 



learned that there was to be none. Later I saw him. with five 

 of his fellows, impatiently wheeling- over a woods i)astiire. 



A Coojier Hawk was chased into our trees by ten Crows, 

 and held there for half an hour despite his eiiforts to evade 

 them. We brou,c:ht no gun. Afterward I saw him worrying 

 a Red-tailed Ihuvk several planes above the Crows. 



Field Sparrows and Wood Pewees sang all day and every 

 day. but the l\ed-e\ed N'ireo seldom sang except during the 

 early morning and evening hours. When heard at all at mid- 

 day he was fretfid and scolding. A young Baltimore Oriole 

 in full song visited us regularly about noon, and again about 

 four iu' the afternoon. Once a Scarlet Tanager sang at mid- 

 day. From nine in the morning until three in the afternoon 

 there was so little bird life evident that the casual observer 

 would i)ronounee birds almost absent. 



As evening approached many of the birds sang in nearly full 

 voice. Towhees mounted the tree-tops in the river valley ; 

 Cardinals whistled from thickets or responded to call and paid 

 a visit to the camp environs ; Indigo Buntings adorned the 

 leafless tops of trees everywhere ; Carolina Wren echoed from 

 the distance, then startled us by bursting forth in the bush by 

 the hammock ; Mourning Doves crooned fromi the dead elm 

 just around the bend. Catbirds, Goldfinches, Kingbirds, Bal- 

 timore Orioles, Robins, Chickadees, and Flickers sang lustily. 

 Barn and Rough-winged Swallows and Chimney Swifts swung 

 back and forth through the gorge at our feet, and Great Blue 

 and Green Herons and Belted Kingfishers flashed in and out 

 over the river on' their way up and down. 



As silence fell with the gathering shadows, the distant qua- 

 ver of the Screech Owl grew more and more distinct, answer- 

 ing back and forth from grove to bank, until the approaching 

 bird stood just above the tent \X)\e. A low answering quaver 

 from inside the tent brought him to the canvas for the second 

 before the strangeness reached his brain — that was enough. No 

 other owls were heard during the ten days and nights. 



The species represented by the greatest number of individu- 

 als was clearly the Bobolink, every bird in the fall dress. There 

 was not a minute durinsj the dav when either manv of the birds 



