Noticed while the brown thrashers song is 
indistinct utterances the catbird’s although 
of the same character is run together. 
In the farther side of Maine's woods I saw 
two male redstarts. They were fighting and 
singing. One would give his we e'sa wee sa wee 
sa, and the other would fly at him. Their 
flight was noiseless. They were not at all 
afraid and light just above and flew around as 
I was a stump. 
They fought in the air each trying to rise 
above the other. One note of alarm was jLt or 
chit . Once one started to sing, flew and 
finished on the wing. 
They looked like bantam cocks as they lit 
after fighting with tails above their backs, 
and wings trailing. 
xhen a male chestnut sided warbler flew 
down on a low branch for an instant.about 
this time ;an elm tree is a favorite place for 
birds. 
Vent on and saw the bank swallows. Saw a 
mt le Maryland yellowthroat. He ate a worm and 
was not very restless, upperparts olive green, 
underparts yellow, mask across eyes black, 
edged with grey, tail notched. 
Saw the flock of blue jays again. They were 
probably hunting for nests. Saw a crow bent on 
the same errand. 
Went on to the fields. Some cows were in the 
field with the killdeers nest. She will probably 
have trouble with them. The male attended me 
for some distance calling and squatting as if on 
a nest. 
Saw a Wilson's snipe. It was quite tame. 
They have not been shot at. 
Vhen I got home I found that Glen Hanger had 
brought me a ruby-throated hummingbird. It had 
been in a sack for nearly an hour and a half, I 
took him out and after admiring his bright throat 
let him go. 
