straight from the top. One was about 100 yards east of the 
cabin, the other as far to the westward, both being close to 
the river on the edge of the path. One contained 5 eggs, the 
other either five or six. We could see the eggs distinctly 
from above. The bird was sitting on one nest most of the 
forenoon with her tell pointing straight up and pressed flat 
against the side of the cavity. 
I have not heard a Field Sparrows sing since the 5th, 
yet I see them almost daily. There were two hopping about 
on the ground in an opening in the orchard at the Farm 
(where oats have been sown) yesterday, and another this 
morning in the blueberry pasture across the road from the 
farm-house. Apparently they have all become utterly silent 
for the time. 
Grass Finches are still singing but not so freely 
as they were a week agoTj 
Vegetation has advanced slowly of late. Indeed the 
general a.spect of the woods and thickets has changed but 
little during the past week. Save on the white willows 
and river maples the foliage is not as yet sufficiently dense 
to afford concealment to a small bird and the Tanagers 
are conspicuous enough in the oak woods where the leaves 
are still in that exquisite pink and salmon stage which fol¬ 
lows their first unfolding. 
The shad bush is out of bloom; the rhodora nearly so. 
I saw the first ladies’ slipper yesterday. 
