1905] Extracts From Diary of THE Late Rost. ELLioTT. 177 
People going in and out every day. Contents, two very young 
birds and one egg. 
May 26. Visited Pileated’s nest by means of ladder. About 32 
feet from ground. Found young birds in nest. Believe it was 
occupied last year and intend watching next year in same place. 
May 27. About 7 P.M. saw two very large flocks of birds fly- 
ing north and making a sound like young dogs ; probably a 
species of gull. 
May 29. Very warm. At Calamus Point saw two water 
snakes slip into the water. Captured one and placed it beneath 
stone on the flats. 
May 30. Went for water snake and found it collapsed. It 
was about 25 inches long. Captured a small one near the same 
place, alive, and brought it home. It proved to be Tvropidonotus 
leberis, Leather snake. 
May 3:. Found water snake of same size as the first one. 
The five individuals of this species that I have seea during the 
last three days were all.in moderately deep water—18 inches, 
among Jarge stones, and ina steady current. One of them set- 
tled in the bottom among some decayed plants and seemed in- 
clined to stay there ; the others aJl appeared unwilling to remain 
underneath the surface for any length of time ; all coming to the 
surface quite close to me at intervals of about three minutes. 
They are easily captured and are apparently quite docile. 
The large ones are darker and the lines on belly are not nearly so 
distinct as in the smaller ones. 
June 6. At Gough’s, 6th Con. took set of five nearly fresh 
eggs of Accipiter velox, Sharp-shinned Hawk. Nest was 
situated in dense Arbor Vite swamp, twenty feet from ground, 
built on a number of small branches ; a large collection of twigs 
of Arbor Vitae and Larix, mostly the latter ; an oblong pile, a foot 
thick and running half way around the tree. Nest placed on top 
of one end of the structure. Eggs fresh or nearly so. Bird re- 
mained on nest until I got within a few feet ; flew off but remained 
near and was clearly identified. 
June 7. A Hairy Woodpecker has come regularly once or 
twice a day until very lately to an oak post near Gough’s door, on 
