340 Arrivals G. Philadel Vireo Phil Sons of Hyfotownns. Nesting of Sphyrapicus Mothrus species Duteo Pennsylon its cry etc. Monday 1876. May 29. Rained hard all last night, Cloudy and dultry most forenoon. P.M. clear and cool with N.W. wind Arrivals Vireo Philad. 1♂; Geothlypis Philadelphia 1♂; Piny. Bettanics one; Angulus cidorum g.a., Hydelmule Andore two ♀♂. D. castanea g.ar. & flav. g.ar. C.bosckle g.ar. Started out after breakfast taking the stone path as usual, Shot 14 birds the first Brito Penn, ♂, G. Phil. 1♂; Vireo Phil. 1♂; D. Black ♀♂ D. castanea 2♂♀ & flav. 2♂♀, Sp. parnis ♀ etc. Birds were still more abundant to day and the different species are evidently lacy for the breeding season. Thus I noticed that the Blackbirnamians had today almost entirely, to the tree tops and each male kept to his own domain and defended it against all comes. The G. Philadelphia which I shot started up from a log heap and in contrast with former Sawation jerked up its tail repeatedly like G. tickes and utterd a note almost peculiarly like that of D. ajilis, a very harsh whirrk whirink Heard a number of Ho. pileatus one of them came on to me; the note is almost indistinguishable from that of Colaptes but at trifle louder & shriller & always ends in a falling tremulo. The g Sp. parnis contained 4 eggs that would shortly have been deposited and her oriduct showed plainly that some had already been laid. The Beltic I shot from a tall Stub at very long range. It uttered repeatedly a shrill piranry whistle like kree kreee kree cree & sometimes simply kreee kreeee, in the first with a decided accent on the last part of the utterance which also saw up the scale. The Vireo Phil. I shot was th.bor among wild cherry trees low downist was silent,