Accipiter fuscus Nest of Corvus Americanus April 26 To escape, I took the eggs & left the bird in hopes of another litter. On the way home saw two Accipiter fuscus flying Northward. H. N. Godwin came out to see me in the afternoon. Saw our common little yellow field butterfly out this morning for the first thing. Apr 27 Char but rather cool. Started off immediately after breakfast in my buggy taking dinner for the horse & myself. Drove up to [Shade St] when I once found a hawk's nest with young and trying Gray horn, spent the whole forenoon hunting the woods in that neighborhood for the nests of raptorial birds. Found abundant signs of owls especially Bubo Virginian, but could not discover any of their nests. Got a Crow however with eggs. The birds were in the immediate neighborhood and when I commenced ascending the tree, both kept flying overhead (out of gun range however) carrying incessantly in an angry tone. The nest was in a low hard growth pine not over 20 ft above the ground. Started as many as 10 grouse and hearing one "drum" a number of times crept cautiously up when he started off a stone wall. I heard a bird drum on the same wall & indeed on the very identical stone while out with B. Dean some four years ago, and humming