I think th&t the roost extends from Maine’s 
woods to the plum orchard on "both sides of the 
river. Saw a number of ruby crowned kinglets 
in the woods. They scolded harshly with notes 
like chit-i t and flitted their wings. They were 
,^ v ery tame, and hunted about anywhere from the 
tops of the high elms to the thomapples. 
They were seldom quiet and were hard to look 
& t throvgh a glass. 
The blue jays all became silent at the firing 
°f a gun, but resumed their noise soon. 
Then I went home. 
This afternoon I went over across the river. 
Hrom Lawton’s to the bridge flocks of English 
8 Pnrrows flew up in front of me and lit in the 
trees to fight and chatter as they do in the 
0 venings. At the ravines 1 saw vesper sparrows 
and myrtle warblers. A vesper sparrow flew into 
a tree and sat there looking passively about now 
a larmed at a fluttering leaf and now pruning its 
feathers. I watched it for some time and it 
JL finally flew off after a companion. They have 
this habit when flushed. 
Saw a hairy woodpecker. 
Went on - searched a wheat field and some newly 
Plowed ground for prairie horned larks, but could 
n °t find them. Went to the edge of the woods. 
Hsre the woods were full of sly forms that flitted 
t° and fro like falling leaves. 
Heard a myrtle warbler give a hissing swe. One 
Hunted along a rail fence. They sit still some¬ 
times and look around for insects. Saw a wood 
Pswee . It flew off when it saw me. Saw song and 
w Hit e-throated sparrows. 
Saw a pair of white-breasted nuthatches. They 
^re almost never seen in flocks now* Their mating 
is done. 
Saw a phoebe on a fence. It lit on the rails 
iV; to watch for insects. 
In the marsh were at least 100 birds. Song, 
"'Hit e-thr oated and fox sparrows, goldfinches and 
