"The coolest shady places, bountied about trees, darting and after unsuspecting fly, and moth, filling in the time with his slow, brief, modulated tones of 3 notes, on 3 keys, high, middle, low, regularly repeated at reg- ular intervals; and the result is a wish to retire as easily be soothed to sleep and sweet dreams of joy and peace by his magic shell. Yes, the martin is a darling, and so is the baby kinglet with his crown. But for all time, every day wear, give me the warbling swallow. Barn swallow 26, Brown Thrush May 2. Anmotiltus varius, I probably yesterday, has been cold all this week, most nearly every morn- ing, wind N.E. Glass was 31 this morning. Cherwales are plenty, father says they have been along here a week, as have whip-poor-wills.