Saw one chestnut sided warbler and although 
not so rare he seemed fully as handsome as any 
°f the others. 
May 14, 1903 - Thursday . 
This morning magnolia warblers were fairly 
common. The first one I saw was singing in the 
top of an elm in front of Gattiker's and I could 
not distinguish the colors at first. Then 
others appeared and at last I could hear them 
8 inging all over. One strongly marked song was 
fit rit ree si ty rit. Occasionally the last 
note was' omitted. TEe song had a guttural £ 
8 ound about it that was very distinctive. 
Black poll warblers were singing all over. 
Sometimes the song did not sound so sharp as that 
heard yesterday. 
American goldfinches very common. They were 
hard to find as they sat quiet in the tops of the 
tr ®es among the leaves. Frequently a hundred or 
^ore sang at once giving one of those choruses so 
common among the Fringillidae , that go in flocks 
8 musical jumble of songs and call notes that 
seemed to pervade the whole air. It would be im¬ 
possible to estimate the number that were gathered 
between Oak and Ash on Seventh Street, but 
CQ rtainly it must have been over two hundred. 
Never but once have I seen so large a gathering, 
■^hey fed in the top of the trees and on the ground 
^les and females mixed although the males were 
Predominant. They were inconspicuous on the 
ground, the males because of the yellow dandelions 
Growing everywhere and the females because of their 
^ull color. 
Rose-breasted grosbeaks were rather thick. 
Heard one give a note like whoi whoi whoi. 
I heard a new song ctsaning from the top of an 
and to ny surprise saw a Cape May V/arbler. 
^he song was sw ee see swee see awee see or swee 
5®® swee see see see see see. The last notes 
'“ e re faster. Later I "saw "three more making four 
11 *11. They were all males. They seemed rather 
