1878 Mt. Carmel, Illinois
Afternoon in the Ill. bottoms.
Wednesday, April 24. Rained all
the morning. After dinner with
Robert & Mr. R. senior, drove down
along the Ill. side of the Wabash to
the bottom lands.
  Took D. [Dendroica] caerulea (5 [males], 2 [females]) seven.
Hel. [Helminthophila] peregrina one [female]; P. [Protonotaria] citrea 
one; Py. [Pyranga] rubra one; Op. [Oporornis] formosus
three; D. [Dendroica] blackburniae, one [male];
Arrivals noted. D. [Dendroica] blackburniae, one [male];
Hel. [Helminthophila] peregrina gen ar [general arrival]; D. [Dendroica] tigrina
one [male] singing. Op. [Oporornis] formosus, becoming 
numerous.
Nests. Pyranga rubra. [female] on one nearly 
completed. Falco anatum: nest in 
blasted top of sycamore: afterward cut
down & four young secured by R.
  The woods were very lovely at
sunset. I collected alone as 
Robert & his father roamed about
thro' the woods & shot from the 
wagon. Ill. [Illinois] woods are very open underneath.
1878. Mt. Carmel Illinois
Trip to Palmira & "Hanging Rock" Hill.
  Thursday- April 25. A singular day
- over twenty heavy showers (without thunder)
& intervals of bright sunshine between.
Started early with Robert & Joe R. & drove
to Palmira. Shot there awhile; there tied
at "Crawfish Creek" where we eat [sic] [ate] lunch,
and finished the afternoon on "Hanging
Rock" Hill.
  Took Py. [Pyranga] rubra two; Thry [Thryomanes] ludovic [ludovicana], one;
Seiurus motacilla one; D. [Dendroica] palmarum one;
Centurus carolinus one; Cardinalis one;
D. [Dendroica] caerulea three; Op. [Oporornis] formosus one.
Arrivals noted. Trochilus colubris one; Py. [Pyranga] aestiva three.
Along Crawfish Creek
birds were numerous, but in the
upland woods they were quite
scarce. In Illinois the place
for collecting is along the rivers.
Shot my Seiurus mot. [motacilla] near a
slender little rill among upland
woods. R. killed them in a brush
pill in the swampy creek bottoms.
My rubber coat in constant wear to-day.