Th ey gave notes like chick and chuck and flew to 
the south. 
A crow flew over with a long drawn ca-aw ca-aw. 
He was flying due west at a good rate of speed 
about six rods above the ground. His flight was 
straight and flapping. The wings moved steadily 
at the same rate of so many beats to the minute, 
■kll the time I v/as out I could hear many others 
calling. 
Quite a number of purple finches were wander- 
around. Their callnote sound like a bell 
when it is struck while your hand is on it. The 
aotes had rather an indefinite character and were 
Generally quite close while the notes sounded far 
away. 
If they passed near the sun an occasional 
glimpse of red might be seen. 
After breakfast I heard some pine siskins over 
hy Old Mrs. Pettey’s and went over there. There 
Were about 10 of them feeding on pigweed and 
Pigeon grass. As soon as they saw me they flew 
bp calling wildly, and after circling around lit 
n the big elm. The flight was bounding and 
erratic to a degree. They gave a hard rolling 
note like chicky chicky or ticky ticky and the 
hsual squeling chea or tsea. 
Down back of Seeley's’ I heard an ^unerican 
goldfinch singing. The song was quite long but 
aclced the loudness and joyousness that 
characterize it in the breeding season. The bird 
seemed to be alone. 
This afternoon I went down in Seeley’s marsh, 
ound- an old song sparrow's nest of this year that 
ad been built up on top of a still older one. 
& must have been a favorite site. 
The nest was five feet above the ground in a 
alder. It was firmly fixed and was made of 
c °arse marsh grass. 
j Gr °ws were in full force by the plum orchard. 
^Wo started to come from some distance off und 
^bose in the trees gave a harsh note like caw-caw 
^Ss-e-H; two bein £ given with aTliiht* 
m betv/een. The two coming who were 
