one foot falling nearly to the ground before 
loosing each other. Then they came over near 
where I was and sat around in the trees, When the 
^ale perched near one of the females she would 
immediately take another perch farther away. He 
flew into the tops of the pines and sat there 
^khiie as though looking for a place for a nest. 
I'He small birds did not seem to mind them much, 
^hen the clouds became blackestj They soared to 
high that I could hardly see them. 
March 22, 1905 - Sunday. 
This morning before breakfast 1 started for 
the fields. By Herman Smith's 1 saw two song 
Narrows down by the ditch apparently mating. 
I went down they to watch them. Soon I dis- 
covered that both were males for each one sang. 
One always chased the other. They flew with the 
trembling mating flight. If the head one sang the 
other immediately took after it ag in. They did 
n °t pay much attention to me but lit close by 
sometimes. Occasionally they stopped to rest but 
soon were at it again. Once in a while one gave a 
l°w chimp. They kept close to the ground only 
Rising to cross a fence or get over a hummock. 
"key kept going from one end of the ditch to the 
°ther weaving in and out through and over the weeds. 
The woodpeckers and chicadees do not come to 
Q ed much now except when it turns a little colder, 
nis morning only a single hairy came. He was feed- 
in the big maple and caught his foot in a string, 
bstead of fluttering or becoming frightened he 
simply twisted his foot until it came loose and 
^en went on feeding. 
After breakfast I started for the hemlocks. 
° n £ and tree sparrows were as usual thick in the 
01(1 Pasture. 
Heard a mourning dove coo across the river but 
°b-ld not locate it. Farther on I heard another 
ef Saw two. The note had a curious ventrioquial 
ect seeming not to come from the tree above me 
