June 6, 1899 - Tuesday, 
Jim Draper and I went down "below their 
house this morning. Found a Scarlet Manager’s 
nest on the horizontal limb of a small oak on 
the riverbank. It was about lOfeet up and was 
made of coarse weeds that had stood in the 
water and was lined with pine needles. It con¬ 
tained 4 greenish blue eggs, spotted with rufous 
and rufous-brown principally on the large end. 
I'hey are darker there. The female did not 
appear at all anxious. She flew across the river 
and was joined by her mate. She flew at him and 
pecked him when he sang. Took the following 
description of her: bill quite large, yellow; 
tail notched; underside blackish; under tail- 
coverts yellow; head yellowish grey; back olive 
green; throat and breast yellow; wings blackish. 
went on alone and found the nest of a 
-Dearie- yellow warbler. It was in a bush about 2 
feet from the ground. It was made of hair, fur, 
plant down, and pine-needles, closely felted to¬ 
gether, and sewed with black hair mostly on the 
inside. The bottom was white down. It made a 
pietty contrast. It was a perfectly round cup 
in shape, it contained 2 dull white egg-s; 
spotted at the large end with olive-brown and 
purplish cinnamon. Took one. It was very 
fragile. Then I went home. 
June 7, 1699 - Wednesday. 
This morning I found a Scarlet Tanager’s 
nest in a large oak over in front of Grey's. It 
was about 20 feet from the ground I could not 
reach it. The female was very anxious and gave 
n ° es iike pere pe re joe re chip churr. 
This aTternoonT went over in~T. Hackett's 
woods. There were a number of spotted sand¬ 
pipers along the river. They rose with notes 
like £eet__weet weet weet and flew off just above 
she water. “ 
Found a V/ilson's thrush nest on a log. it 
