1893 
June 9 
(no 3 )   
Say brook, Conn.                                                                                         
  While we were looking for Parula's nests a Black Duck
came circling around us sailing on set wings & finally
alighted in a small swamp. She evidently had young.
[margin]Black Duck[/margin]
  There were also many Green Herons flying about. They
breed in the pond hole swamps.
  We next searched a larger inland meadow where the
mosquitoes were exceedingly numerous & larger & when we
saw many Sea-side & Sharp-tailed Finches but found
no nests with eggs.
  On our way back across the island Clark found a Hummer's                              
nest with two nearly fresh eggs which he gave me. The nest
was about 7 ft. above the ground on a maple twig quite
free from lichens.
[margin]Nest of
Hummingbird[/margin]
  More searching for Finches nests on the big marsh.
Clark found a [?]-side's with 3 eggs & a Sharp tails with
5 eggs. He gave me the former which had a canopy of
interwoven green grass.
[margin]Sea side
Sparrows[/margin]
  On the way up river we saw several Savanna Sparrows
in a field & I shot one, a female that had been
incubating. These Sparrows breed only on dry knolls
& sandy bluffs, were on the salt marshes.
[margin]Savanna 
Sparrow[/margin]
  We reached our hotel at 7 P.M.  just in time
to escape a heavy shower.