July 6, 1899 - Thursday . 
This morning 1 went down in the fields heard 
& phebe give its alarm note which sounds like 
tsimp. 
1 saw some Maryland yellowthroats which are 
yellowish on the under parts , a black band ex¬ 
tends from ear to ear, upper parts olive brown. 
1 went over to a Thrasher’s nest, three of 
the young have hatched. The old bird gave a 
hissing sound when I came near. 
Pound a song sparrows nest and watched it. 
There were five young in it. It was in a low 
hazel bush. I climbed a small boxelder tree that 
overlooked it. While the mother fed another they 
chipped, at her. 
I found that a Tanager’s nest that I had 
intended to watch v/as empty and had a round hole 
through the bottom as if a snake had broken in and 
Q at en the eggs. 
I went over to the robin's nest. She made 
no protest while I was-near but would not stay 
on the nest. ’.Vent on along the river bank. Pound 
a mourning dove's nest on the horizontal branch of 
an oak. it contained Z pure white eggs. The fe¬ 
male's head was fawn color spot heneath ear, and 
e Je, black. Then I went home. 
This afternoon 1 went over across the river. 
Pound an English sparrowsnest in a hole in Pettey’s 
shop, it contained 6 eggs. They had very few 
spots. 
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Saw the freak English sparrow again.by the 
bri <ige. I t was a female. The tail, primaries, 
nnderparts, back and rump where white; head light 
hrown; rest of upperparts brown. 
The warbling vireo sometimes gives an 
unmusical saueek in its song like s s k s per izh 
chit chit. I heard one beyond the bridge. 
The young king bird have left the nest. 
-*-hier voices are much stronger. 
