September 14, 1903 - Monday. 
This noon as - I started for dinner a mixed 
^lock of white-"breasted nuthatches, red-eyed vireos, 
redstarts and Nashville warblers canie hunting south¬ 
ward through the tree tops. They were very quick 
&nd hard to identify. I saw one or two that I did 
n °t know at such short glimpses. One came low down 
811 4 hunted through some "bushes and I saw that it 
Was a female Canadian warbler. It caught insects 
° n the wing and was not as restless as the others. 
l n a few minutes they were gone and I went on. 
After school I went over to Toole's with Mr. 
^out. In the greenhouse I heard a quick flutter of 
wings and sav/ a winter wren that had come in through 
0rie of the ventilators and had been shut in. It 
a ^ulked around, through the flowers and I got several 
SOod looks at it. It flew a short distance 
® c casionally with a loud whirring flight, a ventila- 
®°r was opened and it vent outdoors. 
September 15, 1903 - Tuesday. 
Tonight it was cloudy and turned colder, an 
^credible number of birds were flying, all going 
-be south. I heard between 25 and 50 a minute from 
i3o to 9;30 v/hen I went to bed and they were still 
flying. I heard olive-backed thrushes and Nash- 
v ille warblers and from the notes I judged that the 
Sreaster part were warblers. 
September 17, 1903 - Thursday . 
This morning the sun shone although it was quite 
almost a frost. There were a great many birds 
ai "0Und but they kept in small scattered flocks which 
passed through the trees rapidly. They did not seem 
o move in any particular direction, so that I took 
to be feeding and not migrating. I saw one 
ird for an instant that looked exactly like a fe- 
? a ^ e » D. castanea and came near putting it down but 
a ter I saw a redstart with the same tinge of red 
° n its breast and recognized my mistake. The red- 
