Saw a flock oi about 50 cliff swallows 
circling excitedly about high in the air. They 
gave notes like peet west, twa tweet, and cha 
given hurriedly. 
Heard a loud flapping noise and paused to 
see what it was. A chimney swift flew along the 
river and dipped into and nade the noise by 
flapping his wings to get the water off from 
them. They hit its body. 
Saw a female purple Martin dip and drink. 
Pound a king birds nest in the top of a basswood 
standing in the open beyond the ravines. One 
of the old ones sat on a branch near the ne3t 
which 'contained nearly grown young. It saw an 
insect and went after it. The young immediately 
began call. Thier notes were much like those of 
the old ones only lower. It collected several 
ana beat then on a fence. When she (?) had enough 
she (?) flew to the nest. The male (?) v/as then 
feeding the young. She flew right at him and 
knocked him off the nest. Then lie caught a large 
dragon fly and flew to a branch above me and 
Proceeded to bruise it. 
When they came to feed them they generally 
s lt on a small dead branch and leaned over and 
gave the food to the young. They both have the 
white tipping to the tail. 
The quails note is a loud clear whistled 
Ah ' 'Bob White ". The first note can only be 
heard close by. 
A blue jay came into a kings bird tree 
an< i they went for him. He evidently did not 
want to go out of the tree and for a good reason, 
because as soon as he left it both of the king 
birds pitched into him, he flew back and they 
chased him out a&ain. I could hear the loud 
sna ps of their bills. He took refuge under a 
rail on a fence and waited until they went away 
"hen he flew off. 
