I watched them till they passed out of sight. 
I^hen first sighted they were northeast of me 
and when they were lost to sight they were south¬ 
west. One was outlined clearly against a white 
cloud for a time. 
Sunday night I watched the moon with a spy¬ 
glass. Saw 5 birds. One flew like a goldfinch. 
September 16, 1900 - Sunday. 
This morning 1 went down in the fields. It 
had turned cold in the night and the thermometer 
registered 40°. There was a hard wind coming from 
the northwest. 
By the ditch I scared up 2 song sparrows. They 
laid very close and flew out almost under my 
feet. They were on the east and south sides of 
the weeds. They flew up with a tseep. Saw two 
more birds in that little couley below Hackett's. 
One was a song and the other a field sparrow. 
They were feeding. They were shy and hard to 
catch sight of. As soon as flushed they flew 
into the hazel-brush and were lost to view. 
Analysed an old catbird's nest. 
The outside was twigs of cl£matis and other 
trees and brushes. Next was a layer of thin bark, 
°ak leaves, dry grass, roOtlets, oat straw, 
strips of flags, pieces of clematis climbers, 
clover stems and grass with the roots attached. 
It was lined with whitish and brownish black root¬ 
lets. It was placed about 4 feet from the ground 
in a hazel bush and was quite bulky. Then I 
tyent home. 
This afternoon I went over across the river. 
Saw some vesper sparrows by the ravines. It was 
farmer. They were feeding in a field and did not 
seem to mind the wind. They had a curious white 
line on the neck. I watched one feeding. It did 
n °t seem to notice me. It hopped around and 
s cratched by jumping forward and the backward 
^ngging its claws as it went back. 
