from one pool to another and the kingbird chased 
it. it whistled and turned and when it lit 
held its wings above its back. Sat down beneath 
some elders. A song sparrow lit on the fence and 
chimped. A young one was below him and he look¬ 
ed at for some time. 
Some English sparrows lit on the fence and 
then went down to drink. One lit in the water. 
Then I went home. 
Went down again after supper. There were two 
spotted sandpipers in the field. They were tamer, 
& number of barn swallows were flying around the 
farther cornfield. They were much excited when I 
approached. There were a few bank swallows with 
them. Suddenly they flew off towards the east. 
Then I went home. 
July 27, 1900 - Friday . 
Went down in the fields before breakfast. 
Heard the pink of a flock of bobolinks. There 
were about 6 of them, another flock of about 15 
flew over. The swallows were still around the 
cornfield. The barn swallows fought among them¬ 
selves and flew around calling tweety .tweet. I 
desired to see if they lit on the corn and climbed 
a bitter-nut tree. A pair of robins were much 
excited but had no nest. A flock of red-winged 
blackbirds were attracted by the fuss and lit in 
the trees. 
A chicadee was hunting on the top of an elm 
across the river. A redhead followed it around 
and when it found anything chased it away and ate 
it. 
The males were streaked but still had the 
epaulets. 
Then I went home. 
After breakfast I went over in Hackett's woods 
Across the bridge a male goldfinch was eating 
thistle seeds. 
The chicadees nest was much deepened. In 
the woods I saw song sparrows with a cowbird. A 
female redstart was feeding her full grown young. 
