On my way home I found, a Scarlet Managers 
nest in a small elm along the road. It was 
about 6 feet from the ground. It contained 2 
tanagers and one cowbirds egg. Then I went home. 
June 8, 1899 - Thursday 
This morning after breakfast""" I~"started for 
T. Ilackett ’s woods. By Randalls block there were 
a number of Chimney Swifts flying around. They 
would circle around and then catch the twigs of a 
dead oak in thier feet as they passed. 
On the edge of the woods I found a black¬ 
billed cuckoo’s nest. It contained 4 eggs of 
unusual size. They were nearly as large as those 
of theypllow billed species. 
A least flycatcher in flying from one tree to 
another gave a note like ca-tr-r-r-r. 
Took the following description of a yellow¬ 
billed cuckoo: end of tail white; line from eye 
to bill black; crown grey. 
Went over across the railroad track to the 
peninsula. There was a flock of cowbirds feeding 
in the open. The female gave a note like pe-e-c-re | 
Took the following description of a male; Head 
coffee brown; rest of plumage black. They gave 
notes like see-e-er. The males gave a bubbling 
song like bub kul"o see with puffed out feathers 
and spread wings and tail. 
Went back on the other side of the river. 
Pound a robins nest in a hole in a tree, one- 
half of the tree had split off leaving the cavity. 
Then I went home. 
June 9, 1899 - F riday . 
This morning 1 was down by Seeleys. Saw a 
fnale barn swallow sing while sitting on a wire 
fence near his nest in Lange’s barn. 
There was a king bird’s nest in an oak in 
front of Seeleys. Took the following description 
of one of the old one3; upperparts olive brown; 
head and tail black; white band on tip of tail; 
underparts white; the breast is darker than the 
