Pushes as I passed. 
Chewinks also were common. They were singing, 
I wrote their song a s hrila he la la la w ith a 
Queer steely scund in the notes. They called 
■S^ink and hril. 
May 6, 1903 - Y/ednesdsy. 
Tonight after school I went up by the gravel 
?**• Saw a strange flycatcher that I did not 
ku°w. jt was the Acadian flycatcher. The upper 
Parts were greenish; under parts white; sides a 
ttle darker; eye-ring and two wing bars white, 
jerked its tail quickly and nervously in an 
utirely different manner from the phoebe. It 
ose rather low perches and sat still for quite 
0n 5 periods between sallies after insects. Later 
^ saw another in Tuttle's orchard. It sat in the 
of an apple tree jerking its tail and calling 
JS jt-whlt. 
Heard the quail whistling bob-white for the 
time this spring. The males were spread out 
rough the fields but I saw a flock of about 
ght females in a raspberry bush. One male was 
QQ ding in a plowed field. 
Went over by a little pond. Sparrows, white- 
£Qats, song and English were in the brushpiles 
were hard to flush. 
On a little farther I saw the reason for it. 
T/ 8ma H hawk flew up and lit a short ways off. It 
cht sharp-shinned hawk. Back slate color, 
u white, tail darker than back nearly square 
flu banded with black; the undezparts were barred 
Oti r9c * d * s b brown and there was a small white spot 
wh a seconda ry. sat low down and 
I pressed it too close flew a short distance 
Another perch. It kept close watch but all the 
rd s were quiet. It always perched in among the 
^ **8 and sat there perfectly still watching. It 
almost invisible looking at it from behind. 
c atbird sat within ten feet of it never moving a 
