limbs keeping within 20 feet of the ground. Its 
claws made a scratching noise on the bark. It 
was silent. 
It began to rain and I went home. 
In town I saw chimney swifts flying around in 
the rain. They were not afraid when it thundered. 
Saw two or three white-crowned sparrows. 
Then I went home 
It has rained all day. This afternCbrf'I heard^ 
a redstart singing. It was a warbler of some 
kind. I could not name it. (Cape May warbler). 
Sav; an English sparrow catch insects on the v ing. 
It rose in the air, got them and then flew to a 
tree. 
Saw a chipping sparrow do the same. V/atched 
a chipping sparrow build its nest. It would get 
a piece of material and fly near the nest and 
after a minute place and then settle in the 
nest for a moment. 
Mat Engeln and I went down in the fields after 
supper. Spotted sandpipers in Fiske’s marsh. 
They were feeding. V/ent over on Doherety's, 
frightened up a bilson’s snipe. Its wings made 
quite a noise. 
Saw a killdeer flapping its wings and acting 
as though it was hurt. I knew that we were near 
its nest by its actions so we began to hunt 
about 10 feet away from the bird. She went off 
and then we hunted on a ridge. Mat said here it 
is. It was about 2 feet from where we first 
saw the bird. There were 4 pointed eggs in. 
They were light buff spotted and blotched with 
black. They were laid in the hoof mark of a 
cow that the rain had rounded off. There was 
only one piece of grass in it. The eggs all 
pointed toward the center. 
Then we went home. 
Tonight I heard a whip-poor-will sing. 
A field sparrow Sang once too. It was pitch 
dark. 
