1893
June 20
Saybrook Ferry, Conn
  Clear and very hot but with a strong pleasant
breeze all day.

  Faxon & I spent the forenoon in the great fields
to the N W of the house looking for Sparrow's & Plover's
nests but finding nothing whatever. I took the 
Yellow-wing's nest found on the 18th. It had four eggs
yesterday & no more to-day. Although the female has
been sitting three days the eggs were perfectly fresh.
[margin]Nest of 
Yellow winged
Sparrow[/margin]

  There were two pairs of Killdeer Plover in the
little marsh but they showed almost no concern
at our approach merely flitting on ahead alighting
in the marsh, on a grand causeway, &[and] [delete][?][/delete] the
hills calling but little. They repeatedly allowed us to
get within thirty yards before taking wing. The
paired birds kept together. All four finally flew 
off towards the river &[and] did not return during the
next hour at least. We are at a loss to imagine
where they are nesting.
[margin]Killdeer 
Plover[/margin]

  We spent nearly an hour lying on the turf under
the shade of a big pear tree on the edge of the
marsh. A Field Sparrow among the bayberry bushes
near us, a Maryland Yellow-throat across the creek
&[and] Bay wings &[and] Yellow wings in the pastures were
the only birds that sang at all freely.

  Spent the afternoon packing for our start
to-morrow.