The song it gave sounded like wichity wichity 
wichity wichity varied to wichi'tsy. it" "begins 
Tn a low tone and gathers volume towards the 
end. fphe note of alarm it gave was chimp given 
in a harsher manner than that of the song sparrow. 
Heard a song sparrow give an alarmnote.like 
chimp . 
May 20 , 1899 - Saturday . 
This afternoon I went down in Voeck’s marsh. 
Took the following description of a Vesper 
Sparrow, lower "breast & "belly whitish, upper 
breast and sides streaked with small brown streaks 
crown brown, streaked with black; back streaked; 
bend of wing dull bay; tail notched; outer tail 
feathers white. 
Saw a male rosebreasted grosbeak. Its 
sides were spotted with black; will large yellow; 
tail notched. Then I went home. 
May 21, 1899 - Sunday. 
Heard a male bronzed graclcle give two songs. 
The first was 3 fej| varied to sfefc l- cha. It was 
indrawn excepting the last. The other was fee-cha . 
It was in the morning. ■ 
Took down a number of blue jay notes. One was 
a loud ue-a-te-kul. One more that is pleasing is 
a high ring tut'l’e. One gave a lovenote like qui 
uttered irT~a low conversational tone. This is 
also used when several get together. 
This afternoon I went over across the river. 
Heard a male red-winged blackbird give a metallic 
note like tink. And another like tse- e-e-er given 
in a shrill tone. 
In the edge of the woods I saw a male chest¬ 
nut sided warbler. Its crown was yellow; line 
around it black; belly white; sides chestnut; back 
streaked with black; tail black; wings barred with 
yellowish white. Went onto the marsh. Two kill- 
deer were here. They were very noisy giving notes 
like tweep tv/eo p tu tu tu . When I approached 
the marsh they would fall on thier breast with 
