V 
Beaver Dam Rapid near some Crows that were stalking about 
on the bordering ice. As I was trying to get nearer them 
they either saw or heamd me and flww. Soon after this I 
Tree 
Sparrows 
Pheasant 
Musk-rat 
shooting 
Pine Linnet 
Red-polls 
Gray Squirrel 
heard Tree Sparrows, chirping and making the tinkling-of- 
ice sound among the alders by the river and presently they 
began singing, one after another in quick succession, 
thrilling my ears with their wild, sweet notes. There were 
just ten birds in the flock. 
On reaching Ball’s Hill, I heard another Pheasant 
and saw the Black Ducks again flying high over the river. 
Chickadees ?<rere singing and a Golden-crest joined them 
once or twice but not in full voice. Between the two birds 
I heard a Hairy Woodpecker, Someone was shooting at Musk¬ 
rats with a rifle, up the river, the popping coming closer 
all the time but not reaching Ball’s Hill until after I 
got nearly to Benson’s where I heard two Downies and saw 
a Creeper and 3 Chickadees. In Prescott’s Pines I heard 
a Pine Linnet and presently saw the bird, a solitary 
one on wing darting about among the tree tops. I also heard 
Red-polls near here. The cawing of Crows and screaming of 
Blue Jays was scarce ever out of my ears the whole forenoon. 
I saw Gray Squirrels in several places in maples, eating the 
opening flower buds 
The Red-shouldered Hawks at Holden's Hill v^rere 
hanging about the old nest in the big chestnut. The male 
