
          460.

* I had not gone very far when I frightened up a flock of partridges. The
noise they make in rising, coming unexpectedly is apt to frighten <s>you</s> one probably mor than me frightening the birds.
** Basket worm.

I did not see the bird.  I soon reached the path that follows
close along the river and leads to my Symplocarpus locality.
Here Symplocarpus certainly was in profusion, some of the peculiarly
frosted ones were again observed, although there were not 
near as many.  This brings the date of their coming into
bloom 2 weeks earlier than last year.   From their appearance
I can safely say that they could have been found during the 
last week of January.  I collected a number of specimens to take
home.  While in the swampy place in which this plant grows
I noticed several birds; they were somewhat larger and browner tha<s>t</s>n the
snowbirds and there was not so much difference between
the color on the breast from that on their backs, they seemed to
like wading in the brook and frequently found something to eat
in it.  I now got on the road again and started for Pumphrey's.  
On the road* I collected two cocoons,** they were alike
in fact they were the only kind I saw and were found generally
either in willows or honey-locusts.  They were tightly fastened
to  string [sketch of string] with a strong felt-like substance, the cocoon, also,
being made of the same substance, around the top of which were
a number of tiny little twigs fasted [fastened?] in with the felt.  Coming home
        