Deer flies 
Deer flies appeared yesterday and to-day annoy 
me wherever I go, whether by land or water. 
A Crow passes overhead pursued by an irate Red- 
Rgd-wing 
harassing 
a Crow 
The river 
at sunset 
Birds singing 
at sunset 
wing who belabors the big coward unmercifully. The Red¬ 
wing is fully as brave and enterprising in driving Hawks, 
and 
Cro¥/s,/Grackles away from his nest as is the King-bird. 
5.45 P. M . The breeze nearly all gone. A full 
chorus of Bull Frogs makes the shores ring and drowns the 
singing of the birds. The latter, however, are not singing 
as freely as they were an hour ago. 
7.15 P.M. passing through the "Holt". The sun 
is just sinking out of sight, the breeze has died. On the 
south-west horizon rests a great cloud, its outlines re¬ 
sembling those of a mountain, one end breaking down abruptly 
in a precipice with overhanging brow, the vdiole cloud 
tinged salmon and ashes of roses and strongly luminous as 
if the sun were shining through it from beyond. 
Robins, Red-Y/ings, Song Sparrows, Bobolinks (2), 
Yellow Warblers (2), an Oriole, Black-billed Cuckoo, 
MeadOY/ Lark, Maryland Yellow-throat and Field Sparrow 
singing, a Bluebird warbling very softly and sweetly (the 
song seems to me much finer now than in early spring) , King- 
peet 
birds twittering, Sandpipers -pr rt-weeting . Bank Sv/allows 
and one Barn Sv/allow darting about among the dragon-flies 
close above and around me, How a Long-billed Marsh Wren, 
