Mimus Car [Mimus carolinensis] Arrivals G. Philadef [Geothlypis philadelphia], Vireo Phil [Vireo philadelphicus]
MAINE, (L. Umbagog. [Umbagog Lake, Maine]) Song of Hylotomus. Nesting of Sphyrapicus
1876.
Monday Molothrus pecoris Buteo Pennslvan [Buteo pennsylvanicus] its cry etc
May 29 [May 29, 1876] Rained hard all last night. cloudy and
sultry most forenoon. P.M. clear and cool
with N.W. [northwest] wind Arrivals Vireo Philadel. [Vireo philadelphicus]
1 [male]; Geothlypis philadelphia 1 [male]; Rhy. solitarius [Rhyacophilus solitarius]
one; Ampelis cedrorum g.a. [general arrival] Hydemeles Ludovic. [Hydemeles ludoviciana]
two [males]. D. castanea [Dendroica castanea] g.a. [general arrival] E. flav. [Empidonax flaviventris] g.a. [general arrival] C. borealis [Collurio borealis] g.a. [general arrival]
Started out after breakfast taking the Stone path
as usual. Shot 14 birds the first Buteo Penn [Buteo pennsylvanicus], [male],
G. Phil. [Geothlypis philadelphia] 1 [male]; Vireo Phil. [Vireo philadelphicus] 1 [male]; D. Black [Dendroica blackburniae] 3 [males]
D. castanea [Dendroica castanea] 2 [males], E. flav. [Empidonax flaviventris] 2 [males], Sp. varius [Sphyrapicus varius] female etc.
Birds were still more abundant to day
and the different species are evidently locating
for the breeding season. Thus I noticed that
the Blackburnians [Blackburnian warblers] had taken almost entirely
to the tree tops and each male kept to his
own domain and defended it against all comers.
The G. Philadelphia [Geothlypis philadelphia] which I shot started up from
a log heap and in contrast with former observations
jerked up its tail repeatedly like G. trichas [Geothlypis trichas] and
uttered a note almost precisely like that of
O. agilis [Oporornis agilis], a very harsh whink, whe-ink. Heard
a number of H. pilatus [Hylotomus pileatus] one of them very near
to me: the song [delete]note[/delete] is almost indistinguishable from
that of Colaptes, but a trifle louder & shriller
& always ends in a falling tremulo. The [female] Sp.
varius [Sphyrapicus varius] contained 4 eggs that would shortly have
been deposited and her oviduct showed plainly
that some had already been laid. The Buteo
I shot from a tall stub at very long range. It
uttered repeatedly a shrill piercing whistle like
kree, eeee kree eep and sometimes simply 
keee kreee, in the first with a decided accent
on the last part of the utterance which also ran
up the scale. The Vireo Phil. [Vireo philadelphicus] I shot near the house
among wild cherry trees low down; it was silent.
[margin]Found several beautiful flowers of the elegant
purple Trilium [Trillium]. Saw neither H. peregrina [Helminthophila peregrina] nor D. tigrina [Dendroica tigrina] to day. The leaves are now quite thick on the birches. Heard Regulus satrapa sing to day for the first time. The song commences like the that of 
the D. striata [Dendroica striata] & ends like that of H. ruficapilla [Helminthophila ruficapilla] Saw a single male Molothrus pecoris this morning near the house. Mimus Car. [Mimus carolinensis] is not uncommon[/margin]