West Va May 1874 looked at him, especially the M. Fusillus that I saw near passing him by. My next locality was an P. virius which flew across the track into a briary thicket where I pursued & shot him. He retired not more 7 in motions surrounded one of Virinus Car. While dropping him up my eye caught a bird just alighting on a dry branch of a humlock I instantly reaching for it as Hcl. virinosus I dropped my shot I knocked at once it proved a &. Heard again to day the song of Parous Car. It reminds me as before stated much of that of Dead virinus, consists of four measures. May 2 Birdy as usual with occasional sprinklings in P.M. Off all the forenoon and took 14 birds, 2 Pc. virius, 1 Hcl. virinosus, 1 My. strictus, 1 S. ludovic, 2 Zon. Carolin, 2 Cotyla terrifennis &c. Arrivals for the day war, Trochilus colubris 1 Dnd. virius g.a., Ac. Coopri, 10, Sandrus fruscusens, Rhyacoph. Whitarius; Pypanya rubra was abundant & 4 arms shot. Collected on the dam ground as yesterday but found birds very rare & silent. Saw two Hcl. virinosus birds the one second I had a fair closer to observe them they keep very low down & frequently hop about