general altitude. I noticed nothing widely different from W.B. umbellata, and the springs were at a little distance surprising, like them of that bird at the same cage. Most of the warblers seem to be in transition from the summer to the fall plumage. I heard maculosa singing, The young of Zon. albicollis and S. trichas showed precisely the same parts as the adult. Yucoid Conirostra, an flying ? Mr. Miller (a woodpecker) shot a Fly. jubatae which clung to a huge tree & has not yet fallen. The chirping of the broods of young birds is the characteristic sound of the woods now & all sparrow warblers seem to make exactly the same sound. Dr. W. H. Friend my birds & M. Godwin? Sargent brought back 26 trout from Taylors corn, July 29 Cloudy and rainy at intervals all day. In P.M. Messrs Thirst Miller, Godwin, I, myself chased the shams for 5.00 and walked up to Tyburn corn when I