of white throated sparrows. They were nearly as 
large as an English sparrow. The song was a 
sweetly whistled I I pea-hody pea-body. 
They were quite tame. I watched them for 
some time from "behind a stump. 
On the further side near the river I saw a 
scarlet tanager. Wings and tail black; rest of 
plumage bright scarlet. The callnote was a 
metallic chip-churr. Once it went down to the 
ground but he generally kept up in the trees. 
Started for home. By the swimming hole a 
belted kingfisher flew by me. 
Then I went home. 
May 25, 1898 - Monday . 
Went down in the fields. Found a robin's nest 
by Maine's slough in a clump of bushes. The out¬ 
side was coarse grass. The interior was a mud 
cup lined with fine grass. It was about 5-1/2 
feet from the ground. It contained 1 blue egg. 
Farther on I found a catbird's nest in a thorn- 
apple tree. It wa3 about 10 feet from the ground 
and of fine weeds and grass. It contained 1 
rather long egg smaller and darker-colored than 
that of a robin. 
By the bend two bank swallows had thier nest. 
The hole was long. Belly white; grey band on 
breast; throat white. 
JUNE. 
June 5, 1898 - Sunday . 
Went down the track this afternoon. It was 
quite hot. By the oak a bluebird flew out of a 
post. She nearly hit me in the face. The nest 
about a foot from the top was made of fine dried 
grasses and contained 4 pale blue eggs. The male 
was blue above, breast reddish-brown; belly white; 
tail blackish underneath. 
In Voeck’s marsh I saw a catbird. Its head 
and tail were black. The tail was long. When it 
was excited it/ jerks it up and down. It imitated 
