Sotto voce 
•singing 
at ne st 
West of 
Rose-breasted 
Grosbeak 
y/ 
upper parts with a plumage of a pale reddish brown lighter 
and more yellowish than that of their parents. While I was 
looking at them, the male parent appeared and alighting on 
a branch within a yard of my face bobbed his head up and 
down several times much in the manner of a Plover. He 
then sang several snatches of his usual song but in so low 
a tone that had I not seen him I should have thought him 
fact 
to be far away — just on the limits of ear range, in fapont. 
He did not seem to be particularly excited or anxious on 
this occasion. What is the meaning of this sotto voce 
singing at the nest. 
^Walking over my land later in the afternoon, I 
found sheep laurel, bunch berry, and wild roses (Rosa nitida) 
in full bloom. Holden’s meadow is now fairly blue in 
places with blue-eyed grass. White azalea just coming into 
bloom. 
A Carolina Dove cooed a few times in my pines and 
a Tanager sang in the Lee Davis woods while a Red-shouldered 
Hawk soared high overhead screaming. Visited the Grosbeaks’ 
nest found on the 13th. At 3 P. M, to-day and again at 5 P.M. 
the male bird was sitting. I did not disturb him. The ne st 
which is in the top of a small bushy oak, was empty on the 
13thJJ 
At 2 P, M. to-day the Least Bittern began cooing 
in the thicket of button bushes opposite Ball’s Hill. I 
