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Warbling 
Vireo 
Y oun g. 
Orioles 
S^Kam of 
Red.-tailed 
Hawk 
Nuthatches are now heard in or near the elms in 
front of the house or among the trees by the river every 
morning and evening, 
Robins, Chippies and the Warbling Vireos still 
singing freely. The last has sung steadily through the 
entire season thus far, not even stopping when, some three 
weeks ago, its young left the nest. Of late the male seems 
to spend most of his time alone in the elms or apple trees 
about the house while the female and young roam together 
through the entire orchard and doubtless beyond. 
There are young Orioles constantly about the house 
but whether they belong to the brood reared in our elm or 
not, I cannot of course determine. They do not often give 
the here-we-are c all 
Spelman came up from Cambridge by the morning train 
and at 11 A. M, I started up river with him, taking the 
Rushton boat and using the paddles only,[We paddled directly 
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to Fairhaven landing at L^e-s-p-’-s Cliff to lunch and,after 
spending an hour there under the shade of a pine, starting 
back at 2.15 P, M. The sun was very warm but there was a 
refreshing breeze in most places and we did not suffer at 
all *3 
Soon after entering the "Bay" we heard a Hawk 
screaming among the pines on Lee's Hill. The tone of its 
voice at once recalled to my mind that of the Red-tailed 
Hawk which frequented this hill in the summers of 1886 and 
1887 but I think the form of the cry was different. The 
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