It seemed very anxious and gave a low whining 
tsee-e-e-ack. They were very tame and sat 
around, watching me closely. Then they flew 
down the hill and I went on. 
Heard a strange song and following it up 
8 aw that it was a golden-winged warbler. I kept 
In the thick undergrowth ranging to the tops of 
the smaller trees. It was very restless and it 
Was some time before I caught sight of it. It 
would sing once or twice, fly maybe ten rods 
and then sing again and it always kept in the 
thick growth which made a silent approach 
impossible. Later on I heard three or four. 
I heard the song oftener than 1 saw the bird as it 
Was very secretive. The song was tzee-e—tzee-tzee . 
The first note drawn out and the last two given 
m °re rapidly like - --• 
Continuing along the hillside I startled a 
ruffed grouse. A female I think from where it 
had been scratching in a decayed log. The wood was 
almost as soft as the earth and the bird had scooped j 
°Ub a hollow about the size of its body. 
There were two or three cerulean v.arblers here. 
They were singing and I copied the song as che che 
^ho che che z z z z . They kept well up in the 
trees as those on May 9 did. I could always 
identify them by the band on the breast. The song 
resembled that of Comsothypis americana usneae. 
Heard the whit of the Acadian flycatcher but 
did not see it. This species or any of those that 
i have seen prefer small woods thickly grown with 
hnderbrush. 
Wood thrushes were common along the sides of 
the valley. I could hear their kissing whit whit 
^h^t frequently. Others sang. I wrote the song 
as kwee er lee k wee er lee kv/er lee. 
A biuejay lit in a thorn - bush with material 
f °r her nest. They gave the scolding kek kek kek 
the cooper hav/k perfectly. Then she flew away. 
™he nest was about finished. 
