robin sing while it was flying. it was a 
whisper song, it stai'ted from one tree and 
flew in a semicircle to the one that contained 
its nest. 
L ay 17, 1899 - Wednesday. 
This morning "'before school I went down on 
the island and dug a kingfisher's nest out. The 
old one staid on while I was digging. I reach¬ 
ed my hand in the hole and she seized it and 
pinched quite hard. I pulled her out and took 
this description of her: bill long and sharp; 
back, 1 underparts white; band of rufous across 
the breast and down the sides; white band on 
neck; back and breast steel-blue; band across 
upper breast same; primaries and secondaries 
black, barred with white; rufous patched on 
underside of wings. Tail black barred with a great 
many white bars; small white spot on lores; feet 
small, red; feet; the first and second toes were 
grown together for about half their length. The 
nest was about 3 feet from the opening. The cavity 
contained it was quite large. I could get my arm 
in the hole. The nest was made of crab claws and 
iish bones. It was sunk below the level of the 
hole and contained 7 white eggs. I took one. Put 
tne old kingfisher back in and she staid there. 
This evening I found a meadowlarks nest in 
Seeley's pasture by the marsh. It was in a clump 
of grass. There was a well-marked path used by the 
old one. She fluttered off and acted as though 
she had a broken wing. i marked the spot and 
ioilowed her. She would give little hope in the 
air as though trying to fly. It contaired 3 eggs. 
May 18 , 1899 - Thursday. 
, ** 15® morni'ng recess this morning I went down 
to the ditch. Saw a Maryland Yellowthroat. It had 
a black stripe extending over the eyes like a mask 
