260 Shrike jays which puzzled me for some time until I caught sight of its author. In an open second growth I heard & peeped at came across a large company of owlses 3/4 of which were Cyo. purgine & among them I shot the D. to find a very young swift. JD, Blackbirds. The first species had a whip saw (fy not exactly) like that of JB. sufficapiilla & were rather shy & restless. We saw two large flocks of Bounce om- bifexes & a couple Americanas. In a small larch swamp were a number of Mel. Palustris & G. tricares : how they find out their little concealed homes in the depths of the forest is a mere abstruse wonder to us. In P.M. Skinned our birds & I caught two small trout. Aug. 7 Clear and very warm. Had two very heavy thunder showers in P.M. I drove off in forenoon with S. Talking with good faith to Stone's dairing. Good birds rather.