182 West Va May 1874 Arrivals are Dend. Jina (or o paid, & prob. settled for the summer shot in high oak woods). Emp. minimus, on; Dend. calceola g. a., about, Pirulus calceula, only one seen, or prob. gone by, Zon. abietis but about. The woods are very pleasant this morning, butterflies are coming out in force; I see no new ones, but have noticed several skippers unknown to me; saw also the green cicindilla & a quest acting legend of large size that can nearly as fast as a squirrel. Dend. calceola was very about. I heard them singing at once, their song is so exactly like the divided variation of Parulas that I am more certain of it; in addition to the peculiar warble hip, they have the harsh note of D. coronata which I had previously supposed peculiar to that bird. They keep uniformly high up in the tall trees. Saw at least 6 Dend. Blackbirds, most of them & and singing. My. cinetus is a common bird in the oak woods; I shot him this morning heard others; they have in addition to the peculiar kind whisth, a harsh chatter rather loud & peculiar; they are not very shy & an fond of sailing from one tree to another in a way that reminds one of Passerous Canadensis. Saw a pair of S. ludovicensis & extenuate, tho courting of the 6. He daved some! has a few moments with gunning