1878 Mt. Carmel, Illinois
May 7. (Tuesday) Spent the entire
day in the house skinning birds.
1878 Mt. Carmel Illinois
Second Trip to Cypress Swamp.
May 8. (Wednesday) Cloudy with
frequent showers. Got off at 11 A.M.
with Yance who rowed me from the 
lower ferry up to Cypress landing on
White River. Landing there we 
struck across thro' the woods to
the lower end of Forked pond, where
we took the dug out. Spent the 
rest of the day about Beaver Dam
and Cypress ponds.
Took Prot [Protonotoria] citrea, seven; O. [Oporornis] formosus
one ([female] [delete]with nest[/delete]); My. [Myiodioctes] mitratus
one ([female] with nest); Cy. [Cyanospiza] cyanea
one; Parus carolinensis, one (nestl) [nestling];
Meleagris gallopavo, one ([female] with nest)
Nests. Meleagris gallopavo, nest
11 eggs (slightly incubated); Oporornis 
formosus one 4 eggs (fresh); Prot [Protonotaria]
citrea, one, 5 eggs (fresh); Vireo
noveboracensis one 4 eggs (nearly fresh)
I flushed the Turkey from her
nest and killed her with a
(over)