Ridge 
and a Yellow-bellied Flycatcher amon& the pines on Pine Ba?i4ge 
The Yellow-bellied Flycatcher was shy or at least 
elusive, for we failed to get a sight at him although we fol¬ 
lowed him for some distance through the pitch woods near the 
crest of the ridge. He called, however, almost incessantly 
uttering a low, plaintive tu-e, which reminded us both of 
that of a young Goldfinch but which seemed to be merely an 
individual variation of the usual pee-e of Emp ido nax 
flavi v entris £j ellow-bellied Flycatcher]. 
I had confidently expected to hear Wood Thrushes at 
the Farm for the weather was exceptionally favorable and the 
Veeries were singing all the forenoon, but not a Wood Thrush 
could we find although we visited all their usual haunts. I 
begin to fear that something has happened to the birds which 
have frequented this locality every summer for the past six 
or eight years, at least. 
We also listened vainly last evening for Rails. The 
Gr at meadows are now in perfect condition for them and the 
Red-winged Blackbirds have returned to their breeding grounds 
there in force. 
There were t wo Bitterns pumping in the meadows last 
evening and this morning while, as I have already noted, I 
heard one of them several times during the middle of the night 
The Black and White Creepers 1 nest which I found 
building on the \ on the hillside in front of the new 
cabin was empty to-day and the disordered condition of the 
lining indicated that it had been robbed. Both of the 
