1910 
May 30 
A colony 
of 
breeding 
Partrldgee 
jv.- 
. 1 ^' 
CO'iCORD. 
At ball's Hill a ?^ater Thrush was sirring aear the 
cabin at 9 A» M. and a Hlght-^hawk peeping somev/here in the 
distance about 3 P. M, These were the only north-bound 
migrants noted to-day. 
On May 8 I recorded in tills journal the fimling of 
a Partridge* s nest within a fev? yards of a large wood- 
pile on the edge of the opening behind ^all*8 Hill. A few , 
days later Harry 0, Adams, our intelligent farm-hand, 
reported finding what we both supposed was the saiae nest, 
since he said it was very near the wood-pile. His count 
of the eggs, however, was 11, whereas I had made the 
number 12. Since then I’have visited the nest a number of 
times, always finding the bird sitting, until to-dry. He 
hss not been there again until to-day. 
At 4.30 this afternoon, I stimbled on a hen 
Partridge with a brood of young on the crest of the hill 
behind the cabins and not over 80 yards from the wood-pile* 
Meeting Harry a few ralnutes Ivater, I said, "I tlilnk our 
Partridge has hatched her eggs *•, telling him what I had 
just seen. He suggested a visit to the nest to make jure. 
As we approached the wood-pile, he turned in to 
the right of it, I to the left. Instantly a dispute arose 
as to just where the nest was, each of us maintaining he was 
headed straight for it: I knew its exact position to a 
foot, and Harry thought he did. I had difficulty to get 
