and gradually increased in volume. Went on 
farther and heard a scarlet tanager sing. 
Then 1 saw a male redstart. It sang. (The most 
noticeable song at this place was the catbird. 
They were singing from every tree. Other songs 
were in the back ground. 
Looked in that song sparrows nest. It con¬ 
tained 4 half feathered young. The female's 
head while on the nest looked like a clover 
blossom. She was asleep. The male called and 
she fluttered off. A chebeC was calling 
excitedly from across the river and a bobwhite 
whistled far off. 
A phoebe was calling far from any house, i.ent 
up through the marsh by Seeley's marsh. By the 
barn I saw a bank swallow. A brown thrasher lit 
in a butternut tree and sang a little. 
A grosbeak called by Rick's grove and a bluejay 
called by the warehouse. Then a chimney swift 
appeared and I soon counted 10 flying around to¬ 
gether. Went up town and saw purple martin's on 
the liberty pole. 
By the house a grosbeak and a robin were chas¬ 
ing a bluejay. 
This afternoon I went down the river. The 
warbling vireos nest was deserted. The young 
having flown. They were being fed in a^asswood 
nearby. 
I walked on to the red-head's ne3t and stood 
Under it for some time. The female came and 
fed them. As soon as she lit on the top of the 
stub the young called. She gave them a grasshopper 
There were only two eggs in the phoebe's nest. 
While walking along in the grass by the fence 
I found a deserted bobwhite's nest containing 14 
partly incubated eggs.'There were a number of 
feathers lying about. The old one must have been 
caught. The top of the nest was torn off and one 
egg was broken. I let them alone, '^he nest was 
made of grass. 
Noticed some red-headed woodpeckers feeding 
their young. The sparrow hawks were out of the 
nest. I saw 3 of them. 
