1876. (May 23) Close lighting within two feet of my head but after I began to appropriate the nest and contents the two departed in apparent disgust & I did not see them again. When the sun came out, birds began to sing though not very freely. Kept on to Concord Colony by the day and taking the 4.50 train Down with 21 birds all (including two Cotyla diparia) West with the pistol. Arrivals were: Emph. flaviventris about, E. Irellic' one; Hy. chrysptura gn. adult; Bontopus bonalis, one; W. coronata, two last seen. Saw only two tanagers and three grosbeaks all of which I secured. Saw then Hel. chrysoptera and got one. Also bagged E. Ireillic' one; E.flav. 2, T. Alliciae one, D.maculosa two etc. D. maculosa was very numerous, as was also D. striata, Myio. bonadensis and Emp. flaviventris. Of the latter I must have seen and heard at least fifteen different individuals. Iurdus Alliciae was also quite abundant; I saw also one S. Sawinsoni; the former species has been the more abundant of the two this season. The E. Ireillic' I shot on a hill top which was sparsely crowned with yellow pines. It was feeding on a large worm which it held under its foot & beat with its bill like a vireo. Many of the E. flaviventris are whistling. I found most of them in dark swampy thickets but a few were in high oak groves. Watched an oven bird building; she carried an enormous mouthful of leaves each time. The nest looked as if nearly finished. Started a pair of woodpeck together in Hables could find no nest or young. They row with a heavy whirring &