and sing nearly all the tine, 'ihey are often 
seen in pursuit of the females, sometimes two 
S'ales after a single female. They twist and 
turn in all directions in regular "bobolink fashion. 
At the hemlocks I saw a pair of crested fly¬ 
catchers. They kept low down or in the tops of 
the trees indifferently. They gave a loud wheep 
and other notes. Frequently they came low down 
and sat still looking around. They seemed to 
like to keep a screen between themselves and me. 
Saw several blackburnian warblers and heard 
their song. It was tsee tsee tsee tsee tsee tsick 
a^s-s—s. It could always be recognized by the 
thin hissing sound at the end. 
A ? yellow warbler puzzled me for a minute 
hut I soon recognized her. She was feeding in a 
tangle of wild currants and gave a note like tsut 
She was a good deal duller in color than the males. 
ThiB afternoon 1 went up Hawk Creek. A robin 
had built on a flat iron crosspiece in the top of 
the bridge The English sparrows were now engaged 
in building a nest of their own on top of it. 
The white-romped shrikes had built again in 
the tangle of bittersweet in the bush along the 
r °ad. It was about eight feet up. The nest was 
large and was composed of grass and weeds built 
^aep and lined with chicken feathers. It con¬ 
tained six eggs one of which had the wreath around 
the small end. I collected both nest and eggs. 
°be of the birds sat a few feet away and came 
Almost within reach giving a loud steely note. The 
6 ggs were fresh. 
In front of Donaghey's were a pair of chipping 
e Parrows. The male chased his mate with petulant 
twittering notes into the grass and then puffing 
° u t hig breast feathers to twice their usual size 
sang. 
, When I first came to the Creek I heard the 
ooting of a barred owl and went carefully over 
owards it. As I came up over a hill I saw it in a 
r ee;not far away was a large hole in which its 
es t was. It flew on and its mate joined it. 
