■belly. They would, sally out for passing insects 
every little while and. caught them with a loud, 
snap of the hill. When it got a large one it 
bruised it on its perch before swallowing it. A 
bobolink chased its mate near one of them. It 
flew at the bobolink and made it light on the 
ground. 
Went down in the marsh. A male red-winged 
blackbird was much excited. He called che-che - 
chuck tuck walking around on a fence post. A 
male Baltimore Oriole flew by his outer tail 
feather s were orange. 
Went up by Grey’s. Pound a Scarlet Tanagers 
nest in an oak. The female called chip chip. 
I could not reach the nest. Then I went hone. 
This afternoon 1 went over in T. Hacketts woods 
Pound a catbird’s nest with 4 eggs in it. 
Noticed that the black-billed cuckoos eyelids 
are red. A ring around the eye is white in 
the yellow-billed cuckoo. 
Pound a red-eyed Vireo’s nest v/ith 2 of its 
own eggs and 2 cowbirds eggs. Took the Cowbirds 
eggs. Then I went home. 
ST. PAUL, MINNESOTA. 
June 10, 1899 - Saturday . 
This afternoon I started for St. Paul. Saw 
numbers of red-winged blackbirds and some nests 
on the way. 
June 15, 1899 - Thursday . 
This morning I went out to Lake Elmo. Some 
boys and I rowed across the lake. Found a number 
of red-winged blackbirds nests among the rushes. 
Some were empty. Others contained eggs. They 
gave notes like ker-tick and tink. 
