The woods were full of olive-backed thrushes. 
I looked at every one I saw trying to find one 
with greyish lores. They were very hard to get 
a good look at as after a moments pause they 
would fly on before I could get close enough for 
a good view. Once or twice I heard their call- 
note. 
Field sparrows were also quite thick. Their 
°nly note was a faint tsee, I had not seen any 
for some time. 
There were a few white-throated sparrows and 
Purple finches around but they were rather more 
retiring than otherwise. 
Olive-backed thrushes flew up from the 
ground near every little clump of trees and I saw 
one hermit, my first specimen. It flew up and 
Tit and then went on. I was much surprised to 
me et this bird as the locality was dry and brushy. 
■^aw a number of catbirds and heard many more. 
A very few crows were heard. 
Along the beach were numbers of sandpiper tracks 
^d kingfishers flew back and forth using the rocks 
f ° r perches. The blue jays hunted along the beach 
a lso and were frequently seen perched on the rocks. 
At night I heard occasional bird notes and a great 
a °rned owl hooted nearly all night. It came up 
olose to the cottage several times. 
September 21, 1902 - Sunday. 
This morning when I first got" up i went after 
a Pun of water. I had just reached the pier when 
an immature chestnut sided warbler lit by the 
Water's edge to take a bath. It seemed rather 
a fraid of the little waves but stepped in only to 
6 thoroughly drenched by a wave about four inches 
high. This frightened it so that it would not go in 
a guin but kept hopping along the shore looking 
^ishfully at the water. Then it flew into some 
hshes and I followed it along for a short distance 
another bird with which I think was one 
116 same ^cies but I could not get a good look 
