They sang. Farther on I saw a bird by an 
Orioles nest. It looked in and hopped around it. 
It was a male cowbird. When it saw me it flew 
off. 
Y/ent on over in the woods. Found another new 
hole in a stub. There was nothing in it. In 
the hole on the underside of the stub there was 
nothing. Climbed up and looked in the hole in 
the other stub. There was a nest of rootlets in 
it but I could see no eggs. A pair of small 
birds came scolding around as though it belonged 
to them. I could not tell what they were. There 
was a hole farther up the tree but I could not 
get to it. Then I went Home. (House wren). 
Tonight after supper 1 went down in the fields. 
Saw a male meadowlark that seemed to be much 
excited. I hunted around and found its nest. I 
saw a little round opening and started to put my 
hand in it. W'hen the female flew nearly into my 
face. She ran off slowly with her head down and 
the feathers on her back raised. She gave no 
note. I dropped my cap by the nest and follow¬ 
ed. She led me in a circle for about 8 rods, 
occasionally flying a little. Then she flew off. 
I went back as 1 supposed in a direct line with 
the nest, but I passed about 10 feet from it. It 
was built in under a tussock of oat roots and 
was nearly roofed over. There were 5 eggs 
uniformly spotted with pale cinnamon. The nest was 
well concealed. It faced the west. The male sat 
on a post and gave the sputtering alarm note all 
the time. 
Went on and saw a killdeer. It ran before me 
giving an alarm note like te-te-tit-te-twoip. 
They killdeer are alarms. When one tries to get 
near a bird to watch it if there is a killdeer 
within 20 rods of there it will alarm the other 
birds and you cannot approach them. 
Went down to the bank swallows nest. Both were 
in it. There were no eggs. The hole wa3 as long 
as my arm. Went on to Seeley's marsh. It was 
about 8:00, Heard a song sparrow sing several 
times. 
