it, all pipped. They were pale buffy white, 
spotted with light rufous. The female came around 
calling and trailing her wings. She was very 
anxious and walked out to within 6 feet of me. 
I came back several times to watch her. Once 
I saw her on the nest. When I came right up a 
young one would be in it but it immediately 
crawled out of it. 
The nest was quite large and compact. It was 
made of cattails and grass. 
Went on through the marsh and found two red¬ 
winged blackbird’s nests with 4 eggs in each. I 
took one. Found another nest just started. The 
female killdeer had her young near the marsh in a 
plowed field, over half a mile from where they 
were hatched. Then I went home. 
After supper I went down to the rail’s nest 
again. There was one more young hatched. The 
shelIs were pipped high up near the large end. I 
took the shell. The ground near the nest was 
covered with snail bits of shell such as had 
attracted attention. 
June 3, 1900 - Sunday . 
This morning after breakfast I went down to 
the rail’s nest. They were all gone. Did not 
see them. 
That unfinished red-wing’s nest was nearly 
done. Over by the swimming hole I found a 
robin's nest in a low bush about 5 feet from the 
ground. There was one there last year too. 
There were 3 eggs in it. There were young 
robins near belonging to that pair that did not 
have their tails fully grown yet. 
Heard a sparrow hawk scream several tiroes. 
Then I went home. 
This afternoon I went over to Grosinski’s with 
Ida. In a cave there was a phoebe’s nest v/ith 
3 young in it. They were covered with grey fuzz 
and were about 1 week old. It was where one cave 
