Fulica 
americana 
(American 
Coot) 
the contrary his course was as level and gliding as if he 
were gliding on set wings. At first I suspected that he was 
wounded — perhaps shot through the head and "towering” 
but a moment's observation convinced me that such was not 
the case. #-After circling over the same spot for at least 
two minutes he scaled off on a downward slant towards the 
meadows. I have never seen a Marsh Hawk behave thus before, 
at any season. The fluttering was practically incessant 
during the entire period of circling. The circles were not 
regular but of varying diameters. The bird did not rise 
much if at all, excepting at first, when he was clearing the 
tops of the trees. 
|Just as we were about leaving my cabin, Pat came 
running to tell me that a "duck" had alighted in the river 
off my landing. It came, he said, from down river. On 
looking out through the bushes I saw that it was a Coot 
(Fulica). At first it kept well out from shore and cruised 
about with head and neck erect but after a little it swam 
into the edge of the belt of Pontederia (Pickerel-weed) 
and lily pads. After we had embarked I rowed rather noisily 
to within ten yards of this bird when it flew about 100 yards 
and realighted. 
A Sparrow 
Swamp Sparrow 
sin&jag. 
Song Sparrows 
singing 
This has been a great Sparrow day. The bushes about 
the bs.se of Ball’s Hill were alive with White-throats, Song, 
Swamp, and Field Sparrows. On our way up river at evening I 
heard a Swamp Sparrow sing once in the marsh loudly and freely. 
'I also heard no less than six Song Sparrows singing. All were 
