24 AMERICAN MIDLAND NATURALIST 



7 -.30 to 8 :30 a. m. — Jay-note. Saw one Song Sparrow. Grackles 

 seen and heard. One Dove seen. Warbling Vireo still in full song. 

 Indigo call-note. Catbird's call. Note of White-breasted Nuthatch. 

 Call-note of Goldfinch. 



5:15 to 5:45 p. m. — Notes of Jay, RoVjin, White-breasted Nut- 

 hatch. Two telephone wires lined with Cowbirds for about 100 

 feet. The birds were perched close together, the males and females 

 black and brown respectively. Many others in company with many 

 Grackles were bathing just beneath at the edge of a lake. I have 

 observed this bathing of Cowbirds before at this time of the year. 

 This was the first time I had seen any of this species since August 

 15. Saw one Song Sparrow — no notes since the 4th inst. A few 

 Swifts in sight. Two Flickers in the path ahead of me. 



6:45 p. m. — Note of Killdeer. 



September 7, 1912. 



5:30 a. m. — Call-notes of Jay and Robin. 



7:30 to 8:30 a. m. — Caw of Crow — first since Aug. 31. A 

 variety of unmusical notes from a Jay. Call-note of Robin. Grackles 

 seen and heard. Warbling Vireo's note. Saw one of this species 

 eating a worm in a sycamore tree. Indigo call-note. Unmusical 

 notes of Catbird. Call-notes of Goldfinch, Flicker. 

 4 to 5 p. m. — Call-notes of Jay, Robin, Grackle, Indigo Bird, Cat- 

 bird, Goldfinch. 



7 p. m. — Note of Killdeer. 



September 8, 1912. 



5 :30 a. m. — Saw Swifts and heard Robins. 



7 :30 to 8 130 a. m. — Call-notes of Jay and Robin. Saw one 

 Song Sparrow — no note. Note of Grackles. Startled a Dove. 

 Few feeble notes of Warbling Vireo. Call-notes of Indigo Bird 

 and Catbird. A shrill note and tree toad note of Red-headed 

 Woodpecker. Saw one Pewee — no note. 



4:15 to 5:15 p. m. — Call-notes of Jay, Song Sparrow, Grackle, 

 Flicker. Saw a Dove. Caw of a Crow. 



7 p. m. — Note of Killdeer. Call-note of Robin. 



September 0, 1912. 



5:30 a. m. — Call-notes of Jay and Robin. 



10 to 10:45 a. m. — Call notes of Jay, Robin, Grackle. A few 

 notes of Warbling Vireo. Loud note of White-breasted Nuthatch 

 A Pewee — song has ceased. 



