1902 
September 29 
Black-poll 
i^arblers 
Snapping: 
Tortoise 
an overland 
j ourney 
Maple swamps 
ablaze 
with color. 
Spent the forenoon in the neighborhood of Holden’s 
Hill, The woods there were alive with Black-poll Warblers 
among which were a few Yellow-rumps. The Black-polls have 
two different notes at this season — a lisping call common 
to most D endroicae and a soft full tsup very like the 
chirp of a Yellow Warbler, 
As I was crossing the causeway at about 9 A. M,, 
I discovered a large Snapping or Mud Tortoise making its way 
across the meadow in the direction of the woods. It was 
upwards of 100 yards from the river and perhaps thirty yards 
from the high wooded ground towards which it was progressing 
I do not remember ever seeing one before seeking the uplands 
at this season and I cannot imagine what could have been its 
object. It reminded me forcibly of an Elephant, as it moved 
slowly through the grass, walking at the full height of its 
thick, flabby legs and stopping every now and then to raise 
its head and look around. 
In the afternoon I went to Davis's Hill and Pine 
Ridge. The upland woods were gloomy but the maple swamps 
ablaze with orange and scarlet. 
