Bird Observations 



throat. Saw two, one seemed to be keep- 

 ing company with the coal tit. 



August 2Qth. Spiez. Blue Titmouse. 

 Just a glimpse of him, no such study as I've 

 had of the great and the coal, but enough 

 to be sure of his identity. Saw him well 

 later. 



August 28th-2Qth. Spiez. Nightingale. 

 Saw a bird dash out from shrubs near a 

 garden wall, chase an insect and back sev- 

 eral times, something like a flycatcher. 

 Watched him again next day near an old 

 barn in an orchard. Size and coloring 

 seemed to answer exactly to the nightin- 

 gale. He was very rufous on the tail and 

 wings, light brown upper parts, and dull 

 whitish breast, bill black, something like a 

 bluebird's in shape (I should think) , faint 

 trace of light orbital ring, coloring on the 

 whole something like our veery, only no 

 spots on breast. What was it? 



(Luscinia Philomela, in Paris Collec- 

 tion. ) 



August 30th. Had fine study of him, 

 he was chasing flies over a cabbage patch 

 (not pressing his breast against a thorn!). 

 Bill was as above, legs and feet dark flesh 

 color. He had a timid, thrush-like air, but 

 would let me get quite near, he lifted his 



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