A myrtle warbler lit on a fence and wagged its 
tail vigorously. It gave a call note like tschip . 
Underparts whitish, streaked on sides with 
black, upper breast same, back and crown brownish 
rump yellow, tail tipped with white, white above 
and back of the eye. 
It was a young one. It sang in a low, sweet 
bubbling manner. It was hunting around in the 
weeds. It caught insects up by Voll’s barn. It 
was very restless. It raised its v/ings when after 
insects. It spread its tail when it flew. It 
would hop onto to the fence and scold at me once 
in a while. 
It lit on an outbuilding and sunned itself. 
Some English sparrows flew over and it crouched 
down. One lit. near it and it moved away. Saw 
another. Went on through the fields, frightened 
hp a rabbit, and two song sparrows flew up in 
front of it. Scared up quail. They flew up in 
a bunch, and scattered. Picked up a feather 
which one had lost. It was a small body feather. 
White with 3 black bars, middle of tip reddish 
brown. Went on and saw 5 of them again. 
Saw 2 more myrtle warblers. They were males 
and had yellow on each side of the breast. Then 
I went home. 
September 17, 1900 - Monday . 
This morning I heard the tsu of a white-throat¬ 
s'! sparrow. It was over in Fiske's berries. It 
Was hunting for food. 
September 21,1900 - Friday. 
Went hunting with father this morning. Got up 
a t 4 and started at five. Heard some killdeer 
calling down below*. 
Hode out to C. Meirs about 8 miles. The road¬ 
side thickets were full of sparrows and nyrtle 
warblers. Saw a catbird in front of Sullivan's, 
■^be thickets were full of white throated sparrows 
a nd I saw a family of field sparrows sunning them¬ 
selves on a fence. One sang. The bluejays were 
sating acorns. Once while looking around I saw 
