He went in the porch and tried to get out 
the top. I caught him again and took him out 
away from the house. lie lay in my hand with 
out stretched wings for an instant and then 
flew off. He had flown into one of the 
stores. His throat was brilliant ruby red. 
Tonight after supper Jim Seeley and I went 
up on the hill to see the whippoorwill. We 
sat down on some rocks and waited. He began to 
sing back of us. We went carefully back there. 
Once he sang very fast. No doubt to the female. 
We got another seat. Jim saw him fly off. I 
saw the female fly from a tree to the under¬ 
growth. Then he came and lit about 5 rods away. 
I counted 200 repetitions of his song and then 
grew tired of counting. He made one or two 
breaks of about l/4 minute each. The song was 
like whip-por-r-r-ri 1 . The first part v/as in the 
same tone as a purple martin's song, and the 
last was very shrill. 
It was ventriloquial. The first two notes 
sounding from the underbrush and the last from 
the top of a tree. 
Once he sang whip-por and then stopped. 
Then we went home. 
May 11, 1900 - Friday . 
This morning I saw the female robin turn her 
eggs. She sat on the rim of the nest. The male 
came up and sat by her. I think he fed her. 
This morning - the female martin came. The 
male was very excited. The English sparrows have 
begun two nests in the houses on the sides of 
the barn. I fixed a trap to catch them. 
This noon Jim Seeley brought me a barn swallow 
that had flown into the house. I examined it 
and let it go. 
Tonight after school Percy Knapp and I went 
down in the woods by Leiders bridge. 
Saw a male and female cowbird looking at that 
Oriole's nest. 
