June 1874 once more), and found myself now the worse for the scrap, through it was certainly a very narrow escape. The finches eggs were of course all broken but the nest which I drew in & discarded was a very fine one laid with fine needles. I afterwards found a nest of Vireo Swain. (2 eggs & 1 of N. jileosin all fresh) and shot a nuthatch fuscarano, the adult I saw, & ad. Sith. cuticilla, & Hy. Lendovic. & Dumd. astoria. I forgot to mention that in diving up through the willows I saw a woodpeck apparently an old sitting on the road; upon my getting within about 8 yds. it hopped the willows & disappeared June 24 Rose early & had a light breakfast at 6. Started off on foot and skirted up around the swamps. Saw a D. astiva & N. phoeniceus for mounting. Came across a ? Pygama car, with a large brood of young only one of which I was able to dissect. They kept up a continual calling for food in a rather harsh querulous strain, but the instant the parent bird perceived me she uttered a sharpe note which alarmed the young at once, though in a few