& splash. It was very prettily colored. Then 
it flew over on the plowed land and stood there 
in plain sight quirking its tail and craning its 
head.. It waded around nearly up to its body. 
4:10 p.m. teeley's marsh. 
May 18, 1902, 
Pound a catbirds nest with one egg in it this 
corning. It was in a gooseberry bush about five 
feet up. The old ones did not show up. Saw others 
mating. They chased each other around with a 
curious flitting flight. Saw two whipping up 
and down along the ground while one was up the 
other was down. The males were singing with 
ruffled feathers and drooping tails looking like 
loose bunches of feathers or clowns. 
9:10 a.m. T. H. Island. 
May 18, 1902. 
Saw several chestnut sided warblers this 
morning. It was rather a weak singer when taken 
with chebec vireos and other warblers. One 
captured a green measuring worm and did not seem 
to know what to do with it. It v,as on a small 
limb and I thought it was going to a larger one 
to eat it, but after holding it awhile and look¬ 
ing around it hit it on the limb and swallowed 
it. This seems to be a common habit of theirs. 
After they get it they dont know whether to eat 
it or not. 
9:30 a.m. T. Hackett’s Woods. 
May IB, 1902. 
Mourning Warbler. Head blue, black band on 
breast, unlerparts yellow, back olive green, 
whit its whit its whit whu whurt whurt. 
& lfi.rm note a very sharp chit . It was very 
^dch more self contained and deliberate than any 
°f the other warblers. It would sit on a limb 
and sing for 15 or 20 minutes at a time. It did 
not seem to like my presence, but when 1 got 
where I could see it it would generally, a 
little so as to screen itself behind leaves. It 
