Bird Observations 



His tail and wings and rump were very 

 rufous, the breast slightly washed with 

 yellowish rufous, and the light stripes over 

 his eyes were very grey, not white. 



May ig, igo2. This bird has been here 

 for weeks and is undoubtedly nesting here. 

 How I wish I could find the nest ! Saw a 

 pair in the McCormick ravine, near the 

 lake, a few days after this last entry. 



June 24-th. Heard the song for the first 

 time since last note. 



October 30, igo2. The wren has been 

 here at intervals all the fall. This a. m. 

 I saw two, presumably a pair. One sang 

 steadily for nearly twenty minutes, chang- 

 ing its song many times. He would repeat 

 the same roundelay several times, and then 

 start on another, repeat that, and so on. 



August 12, igo8. Heard one again, 

 after an interval of four years in which I 

 have not seen or heard a trace of one. 

 Twice a few days before this date I 

 thought I heard one in the distance, but 

 this a. m. he was close by and singing 

 loudly. 



August 1 4th. Still here. 



July i , igog. The wren has been here 

 all the spring and sung constantly. He 

 must have nested in the near vicinity. Is 

 still singing daily. 



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