Opornis agilis, Bol. originos. Sept. 13 Windy and rained most of the N.M. Closed up at sunset. Started off with Stone after dinner and went up to the swamp. At the foot of the lawn found the same identical pair of Op. agilis seen on the 11th. Both times this birds acted very peculiarly. As I entered the bushes both flew up from the ground and actually seemed almost inclined to resent my intrusion, sitting this peculiar note almost incessantly and walking up the branch on which they at? jerking their tails up at frequent intervals. This latter habit I had never heard before; indeed this actions were altogether different from any that I ever noticed in the agilis before. Both these birds were very tame & I settled their identity beyond any question by shooting both of them. One was very fat, the other quite lean. Saw him & Dennis Nov. also. Went through the maple swamp without getting anything and was just crossing the ditch on the Gleisli edge when a woodpecker flew out of the path without making a particle of sound in his flight. I fired a hasty 12 barrel with impossible shot & missed, following on "Shot" found and pointed him), and as he ran Stone shot and killed him. Striking across to the great meadows we waited for the evening flight of black birds. Stone got a shot into a flock of Mothmats and killed 4. I shot into a large flock of Grackles at long range and got two both young &'s changing, Am very sure that the red wings have all left. Saw a few red birds and one Chordula popine also 6 % Grundo beser.