7 . 
Then it shook out its feathers and after smooth¬ 
ing them and uttering a few low chimps it dove 
into the weeds. As I approached it hopped onto 
the fence again and along it a few feet and 
disappeared into a bush where it fed for some 
time. As I sat down to write out my notes I 
heard a kingfisher give his rattling ker-r-r-r-r 
by the river. In the woods I saw some redstarts 
in their full dress, described yesterday. Their 
note sounds like tsa tsa . Hackett’s woods were 
full of them also Foils across the river. Downy 
woodpeckers were also numerous. As I left the 
woods I startled a sparrow which I know is the 
stohmp by the black stripes on its back and neck. 
I followed it until it disappeared on a thick 
growth of weeds farther on. Here I started up 
several Indigo buntings in their fall dress 
which consists of a white belly, head and back 
dark olive brown; wings st^aked with black and 
the same; tail blackish. Just then a meadowlark 
began to sing. It gave its song a dozen times 
right along, ending it wi th the harsh sputtering 
note which characterizes it in the breeding 
season. The song had a good many cracks and 
quavers in it. Farther on below Sefley’s marsh 
I started a flock of song sparrows, scattered 
among some ragweed on which they were feeding. 
They were very shy keeping out of sight, When 
they flew their wings made a humming noise 
audible quite a distance. They were auarelsome 
chr-r-ring at each other if they got too near. 
Their common note was a tseep. Some of them 
chinroed at me vigorously from a distance. A good 
ttany of them went across the river. About the 
same number went back into the marsh. In the 
Farsh I saw a number of short-billed marsh-wrens, 
fheir underparts were whitish, breast sides and 
hndertail coverts were washed with reddish, tail 
Hack, line above eye white, back olive brown, 
Cr ov/n blackish, wingg barred with black and white. 
*ts tail points nearly at the back of its head. 
