young in the top of a hemlock a number of feet 
aoove me. I climbed up there but the young 
two in number were just able to fly enough so 
th&t I could not capture them and pursuit was 
1' rendered difficult by the smallness of the 
limbs on which I rested, so 1 was -f«v>n to be 
Content with watching the old one feed them. 
"his it did fearlessly though I was only a few 
* e et off. I took the following description of 
Upperparts olive green, upper breast black, 
lower breast yellow, throat yellow, white bar 
an d patch on wing, the tail was notched, the 
dotes given by the young were tsu zu zu ee tsu u u 
Repeated over and over many times each. They were 
e< i frequently though on what I could not learn. 
Then 1 went home. 
% 
JULY 
July 7, 1901 - Sunday. 
, This afternoon I went over to the hemlock 
hif s . j Was going along up above when a female 
^ v enbird came off her nest at rry feet. She flew 
about three feet and then hopped swiftly along 
e ground with her wings stretched above her 
l^k trembling visibly. She gave a note continual^ 
he tsip in a very thin, high tone. She kept 
calling axiouaLy but was invisble. The 
s t was made of grass leaves and roots arid was 
^ched over. It was under a bunch of grass with 
ip 6 en ^* rance toward the north. It was situated 
a grove of elm, ash and oak saplings and trees. 
corrtR l ne< l four young just feathering out. 
th 6 ^ ver y long legs and will probably leave- 
6 nest before they are able to fly. 
the 
July 14, 1901 - Sunday . 
■‘■hig morning after breakfast I went down in 
fie Id 
s. It was rather sharp but the sun came 
&hc| V/arm an< * Cliff swallows were very thick 
seemed much excited. They flew around low down 
