"Them! the parent of this cross I next also found she was on the point of laying an egg it being quite ready for the shell. Heard the song of this bird to day for the first time, it is loud I own of the most faultlessly clear that I know of: it consists of a note of two syllables repeated a number of times. The ordinary call note is similarly repeated incessantly, also a chatter precisely like Garden. I was much pleased on crossing a railroad bridge at perceiving a pair of swallows which I instantly recognized as C. purpurinus; they an unmistakable flight over like H. brisoi, the single note repeated at rare interval & much harsher & louder than C. riparia's. They had evidently selected the stone abutment under the bridge as a resting place for they continually perched on & out lighting on the projecting stones. After watching them a long time I shot both. Next I started a Sedgwick from a gun while pursuing him up a steep hill side, I heard a song new to me, a strong clear raspable with the most emphasis on the last two syllables, like whew whew see-der "altogether it reminded one of R. maculosa's. I soon discovered its author in a beautiful & My vintained! In