Song: flight 
of 
King-bird 
portion and I heard two others of whose presence I had no 
previous knowledge singing in the meadow opposite (to the 
east of) Pad Island. The songs of the latter came faintly 
but quite distinctly to my ears as I was walking over 
Benson's knoll although the intermediate distance is fully 
300 yards! The air, however, was absolutely still at the 
time. 
The song flight of the King-bird puzzles me. I 
see it much oftener now than I did in June. During the 
intense heat of this afternoon the birds were going up 
every little while and diving and plunging in their eccentric 
