May 12, 1899 - Friday. 
The other tiluej'ay *~s egg ms sucked this 
morning. Both were removed from the nest. 
May 15, 1899 - Monday, 
This morn there was a male B r e w o t e r ^-s Warbier 
in the trees near the house. I took this des¬ 
cription. Crown yellow; upperparts olive grey; 
wings barred with yellow; shorter tail feathers 
tipped with yellow; outer tail feathers barred 
with yellow white; underparts white ; breast 
yellowish. 
Heard a song sparrow down by the ditch give 
the following song - sit sit sit um sit tr _se put 
After supper I went over on T. Hackett's 
Island. Took the following description of a male 
redstart; head and upper breast black; side 
orange, belly white; back and wings lighter than 
breast; wings barred with orange; tail long; 
tipped with black; fanshaped; rump yellow; the 
tail is opened and shut nervously. The bird was 
very restless, rarely staying in one tree 2 
minutes ^generally much less. 
rose-breasted grosbeak incubating. 
He did not appear to be much frightened at my 
approach at first. As I turned to leave he gave 
the alarmnote. Then I went home. 
SERING MIGRATION LIST - 1899 . 
March 14 Robin 
April 3 Killdeer 
4 Bluebird 
5 Meadowlark 
Sparrow Hawk 
7 Song Sparrow 
Red-winged Blackbird 
Bronzed Grackle 
Mourning Dove 
