In a field, near by were a family of prarie 
horned larks, The young were fully fledged but 
8 till had the wide bill. Their underparts were 
Noticeably whiter than those of their parents 
*Nd the notes were softer. They flew around a 
® re at deal but allowed me to approach closely. 
The parents did not seem alarmed at all. There 
were five or six of the young. 
May 10, 1903 - Sunday. 
This morning after breakfast I went over 
the hemlocks. Bobolinks were mating. The 
^Nle chased the females through the air twisting 
NNd. twining this way and that. The male singing 
constantly. Then the female would alight and the 
to&le would sail off singing. 
A robin was feeding its young out of the 
Nest by H. Smith’s. I could hear the soft note 
0f nestlings. Another one chased a red-wing out 
°f one of the pasture oaks and followed it for a 
^eys, when it turned to go back the red-wing 
ollowed and lit in the tree again without 
Molestation. 
In the FCninsula woods redstarts were very 
Undant. They flashed through the trees with 
^read tail and drooping wings singing constantly. 
Yellow-throated vireos were also very thick. 
Neir songs formed a volume of sound in whic h 
o hers came in as secondary. These last two 
s Pecies formed the bulk of the birds seen here. 
Little parties of a dozen goldfinches vere 
e oding here and there on the groundjat my 
a PProach they all flew up into the trees. Fre¬ 
quently it seemed as if a patch of yellow 
andelions had taken wing so inconspicuous were 
ae birds among the flowers. 
, Frequently now I see a female cowbird on 
9 ground hunting most likely for nests were 
Cared up they fly a few feet and then skulk tlong 
r °Ugh the grass. The males are seen flying 
fiene* 1 ^ ? r sittin S in the tops of the trees, 
r ally along the more open places. They call 
