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Mel. dominica, E. flavidentris My. Canadensis 157
Knts of J. fuscares, S. anticilla & triches & B. viriscens
Evening flight of the king bird
June 1. I reached it carefully and found a nest
of Seth. anticilla 3 eggs fresh, & one of D.
restura, both built in upright forks of maple
20 ft up. Took the red death & shot the ? (which
had a 4th egg nearly ready for the shell) Found
also here a nest of Cardus fuscescens built
at the point of junction of three or four
maple trunks, & about 3 ft. up. 4 eggs fresh.
Finished my days work in the join swamp
when I took a nest of J. fuscares built
on the ground among Shank cabbage,
a E. triches do & eggs & 1 of M. precis,
found & left a nest of Butor. viriscens leg,
shot a ? My. Canadensis, & Mel. dominica
and saw a E. Maillii & E. flavidentris.
Also much to my surprise started up a
Red ferrugineous among some bushes:
it looked like a ? and after I left the
swamp I could still hear its unmistakable
oackle. Reached the house by 6 P.M. and
as I came down through the garden saw
a very dark J. Alicice bathing under the
storming spray of a hose. A pair of
Pyramus Bas, are building in an orchard
and very evening after sunset the ?
(I think) rises into the air at a considerable
height and then plunges and dashes about
as if crazy uttering his cries incessantly. This
I have noticed elsewhere - the habit appears
to correspond to the somewhat similar one
of E. minimus & some other birds, Eg.
Enanced included. This latter species
I hear regularly every morning & his song
is more than usually tender & beautiful.
My. Canadensis was in every thicket, I saw over 20.
Yester day one E. noveboracensis