 Cambridge, Mass.
1899.                                                                                                                                                                                    
July & Aug.
July 22                   
  Although the Flickers have been present in the garden almost
constantly up to this date we have not seen them about
the nest in the box since July 2nd. Suspecting that the
nest must have been disturbed I examined it this morning
and found the eight eggs still unhatched. Gilbert blew them
carefully but afterwards dropped the tray in which they
had been placed and broke them all. Most of them were
infertile and addled but a few contained small dead embryos.
The birds must have incubated them at least a month and
I believe much longer than this.
[margin[Flicker's 
nest[/margin]
August 1             
  At daybreak I heard the flight call of an Upland Plover
which was apparently passing low over the house. Crows were
cawing and Gray Squirrels barking in the old lindens.
Robins, Redstarts and Yellow Warblers are still numerous in
the garden. I heard a Wood Plover in the lindens late
in the afternoon.
[margin]Upland 
Plover.[/margin]
August 8            
  A Robin singing in the lindens. Swifts flying over the
pines in the evening.
August 9           
  A Chickadee calling phoebe and an adult [male] Redstart in full
song. Robins (2 or 3), Yellow Warblers, Cedar Birds & Orioles in
the garden. A [female symbol] Goldfinch in the jungle collecting nest materials.
August 10        
  Adult Redstart, Yellow Warbler & Yellow-throated Vireo singing early this
morning, two Robins in full song in the forenoon. Cedar birds & a Bronzed
Grackle seen. A Night Heron heard low over the house at 2 A.M. My 
Pigeons are eating the fruit of the rum cherry fully. They alight
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