BALL 1 S HILL 
.1892 
L uly 9 
Song of the 
Short-billed 
Marsh Wren 
To Ball’s Hill at 10 A. M., sailing down in m$ 
canoe. ^Red-wings, Song Sparrows and Yellow Warblers were 
singing freely and I heard one Bobolink in full song, one 
Field Sparrow, three Yellow-billed Cuckoos, a Cat-bird and 
■a Veery. A Long-billed Marsh Wren was singing near the Holt 
and two Short-bills in the tall canary grass on the south 
side of the Beaver Darn rapid. These Short-bills are new 
comers to the meadow. I stopped to listen to them (on my 
Grackles 
leave river 
, *• 
Robin's Rest 
Thrasher in 
full song 
return) and noted their songs on the spot as follows: Chup , 
chup , er-chup , chee-chee-chee-chee or chup , chup , chir- r-r-r-r-r 
(the termination a trill much like the Swamp Sparrow’s but 
less musical.)Both birds gave all these variations. 
There were no Grackles along the river to-day 
and I have seen none there for nearly two weeks. Probably th^y 
left when the supply of birds’ eggs gave out. 
pc/ At Ball's Hill I examined the Robin’s newt by my 
cabin door and found that it held young about half-grown but 
without feathers. 
In the swamp behind the hill a Thrasher, Towhee 
and Grosbeak were singing vigorously and steadily. This is 
the only Thrasher that I have heard in full song for several 
days. Can it have a second nest? Probably the cool, cloudy 
weather tempted it to raise tip its voice again. The Grosbeak 
certainly does not breed twice. 
