around it. The breast and throat were dingy 
yellow and the rest of the plumage a rusty 
black. The harsh drawn out note was given fre¬ 
quently and may have been an imitation of the 
song of the male. ‘1'hen it flew to the ground 
V/ ith a characteristic chuck and then flew out of 
sight. 
Ma y 16, 1903 - Saturday . 
This morning - after breakfast I went over 
in the River woods. Heard a wood pewee calling 
from across the river it was the first one of 
the spring. 
V/ood thrushes were quite common. The males 
sat singing high up against the sky in dead 
trees. They were generally so far up that they 
Paid no attention to me and did not cease sing¬ 
ing. 
The w ilson thrush sang also from a lower 
P e rch and 1 saw one or two olive backed thrushes, 
^he last were very shy and keep well hidden in 
the goose-berry bushes. When flushed they flew 
hp to a low perch, then quickly to another and 
then most always a longer flight through the 
*o ods. 
Heard a song that puzzled me for awhile but 
s oon saw that it was a black-throated blue 
^arbler. The bird saw in the top of a maple 
hidden by the leaves and did not move around at 
a H. finally I caught sight of it. 
Redstarts were very common. I heard them 
£ive three songs. 
This afternoon I went down in the fieldB. 
lh the old pasture a small bird skulked through 
bhe bushes but 1 finally made it out a dick- 
c issel. When once it gained a cover it was 
v ®ry hard to see and finally it went into a brush 
i^le and I could not find it again. 
Pound several catbirds nests. One had two 
e Sgs in it,another one, and others were in all 
®bages of construction. The males sang all the 
itne end frequently I saw a pair on the ground 
^ting for material. 
