
          867.

* Sunday, March 15.  To-day it predicts the rain for to-morrow.
** On the road we met a negro.  I asked him if he knew what bird that was that was whistling
so finely.  He didn't know, but he thought it was some kind of a spring-bird.

in a very bad condition, and I do not think I shall attempt crossing
it again.  Along the River R'd found one Alder in bloom but later
found many more.  From Relay, home, I walked along the track.

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March 14, 1903.  A trip along the Severn with Mr. W.  We met at
Camden station and took the early train to Earleigh Heights.  We
arrived at E.H. about half past seven.  The morning was beautiful
the wind from the south east made it delightfully mild.  Yesterday
our Weather Bureau <s>had</s> predicted rain for to-day, but this morning it
predicts rain for to-night and to-morrow*.  Leaving the train we took 
the road leading west and towards the Severn.  How sweetly the birds
were singing!  It was a grand morning for the birds, at least a 
dozen different kinds were observed.  First of all we noticed blue
birds; their heads & backs were of a beautiful sky blue color, their
breasts were reddish brown, and their bellies a light gray.  There were
a great many of them and they were generally in the fields.  At another
place we saw many juncos.  Red birds** were frequently heard and seen.
At another place robins attracted our attention and so it was all
morning and even in the afternoon, although then they were rather silent.
On the side of the road I found a beautifully fruited moss, and in
a number of places several pretty earth-stars.  Our walk through the 
        