during the past, week, hut to-day I heard nearly as many as 
To Fairhaven 
West and 
eggs of 
Short-tilled 
Marsh Wren 
in June. 
Of Batra.chians, the Bull and Green Frogs are the 
only species still in song and neither shows as yet any 
signs of abating. The Tree Toads ceased a week or more ago. 
At 3 P. M. I started up river in the open canoe. 
There was ..practically no wind and I paddled as far as 
Clamshell Hill where a faint breath tempted me to hoist the 
brisk 
sail. By degrees the breath freshened to a/breeze and I 
sailed all the way to Fairhaven. 
In the little meadow just above Heath’s Bridge I 
heard a Short-billed Marsh Wren singing on the 14th. He was 
there again to-day and as I had taken my rubber boots I 
decided to look for a nest. But first I ran the canoe 
into a little creek and with my head just above the bank 
watched the meadow awhile. 
Of' 
Presently a Wren, the male, I thought, appeared 
flying low over the grass and,hovering a moment above the 
grans,dropped out of sight. After a moment he reappeared 
and flew away to some distance when the song began again. 
Within five minutes he flew back to the same spot and 
again disappeared in the grass for a moment, then flew away 
again and I again heard the song, 50 yards or more distant. 
(I was not able to trace the flight of the bird with suf¬ 
ficient accuracy to make sure that it was the same which I 
heard singing but I believe thst such was the case). 
