a few chewinks and nyrtle warblers. They were 
feeding on sticktights but took to the trees 
when I approached. 
Heard the to-v/h ee of a chewink and followed 
it up. It soundedTTike farther away than it 
;vas » when I flushed it it flew into a tree and 
from there to a thornapple tree and after that 
i lost it. 
The nyrtle warblers were very thick here. 
They were in the brushpiles and all over. Watch- 
e d one in a brushpile. It would flutter up 
nearly vertical sticks and pick of gnats, hop 
into the air, reach out as far as possiole, put 
kill close to neck and fall off from a limb, 
& fter an insect. All these moves were gone 
through in a moment. It kept jerking its tail up 
nnd down all the time. Heard an Indigo bunting 
s i n £. Heard a quail calling. Then I went home. 
OCTOBER 
October 1, 1900 - Monday . 
This morning about 5:30 I heard a bird in 
i'iske’s berry patch. Went over in there but did 
not see it. Followed it down to Doherty's and 
® a w it in an apple tree. It v.-as a golden-crowned 
kinglet. It gave a very thin note that would 
Penetrate some distance like seety-seety . It was 
not so restless as the ruby-crowned and did not 
f lit its wings. It went in all trees, evergreen 
nnd decidous. Saw 12 bronzed grackles. One 
Sa iled with spread wing about 200 feet. 
After breakfast I went up on the hill and got 
kat goldfinches nest. Outside, shreds of bark, 
a Pple leaves, weed clusters, strips of weeds, 
°orn silk, wool, spider webs, fine grass, grape- 
. ne bark. Lined with thistle down, horse hair. 
Pine needles, u&w some bluejays carrying off 
ac orns. There are a number of them here. 
Bluebirds flew over in a flock. Their notes 
directly a k° ve ^S’when they were not be- 
