1891.
June 1
(No.4)
Mass.
North Truro. - On finishing with the islands we
paddled along the east shore passing a clean
sand-beach where a flock of about fifteen
Erennetes were feeding and then crossed to a
large marsh at the north end of the pond.
It was similar in character to the other 
marshes but seemed to contain more birds than
any of them. We heard several Gallinules and
saw some swim across a cove carrying its tail
erect. Bitterns were pumping lustily and flying
from place to place; at least three different
Carolina Rails were singing, one of them in an
abnormally high key, and there were countless
Red-wings & many Crow Blackbirds. As we 
were returning down a creek which we had 
followed to its head a Least Bittern alighted
near us and rising again as our boat crushed
into the flags was shot by Miller. 
  We now landed and spent over two hours
searching for nests. I soon found a Bittern's 
with four eggs, flushing the bird within a few
feet. Miller, who was about 70 yards off, started
towards me to see my nest and, by a curious
coincidence, flushed another Bittern from her
nest before he had gone ten yards. The second
nest contained five eggs. I took both sets with
the nests. 
  Miller found the next two nests, a Crow Blackbirds 
with four eggs, built among the flags precisely 
after the manner of a Red-wing's and a 
Florida Gallinules with seven eggs. I took the