1891
June 2
(No 2)
Mass.
North Truro. - A few Herring Gulls were circling
warily about the trap and two Crow-Blackbirds
came to it and alighted on the poles. The 
latter species feeds much on the beaches and
about the fish-houses and there can be little
doubt that its food here consists largely of 
fish.
  Miller shot three Semipalmated Sandpipers on
the beach and I heard a Savanna Sparrow
and Meadow Lark singing in the beach grass.
  Returning to the pond we sailed across to
the islands which we search yesterday.
Miller landed on the smaller one (starting
three Bitterns from nearly the same spot)
and tramped all over it again while I
poled the boat around the outer belt of flags
examining one suspicious cluster. We had a
forlorn hope of discovering the Ruddy Duck's 
nest but failed in this; nor was the bird
seen at all to-day.
  This morning I examined the set of 15
Carolina Rail's eggs taken yesterday and
found that one of them was chipped and
the young bird alive and peeping audibly.
I accordingly took both nest and eggs back
to the larger island and replaced them
in the original position. We heard the
Rail call near the spot but have no means
of telling w[h]ether she took possession of the 
nest again.
  Upon leaving the island we crossed to the