Swallows playing with feathers Hbt. Peregrina gen. ca. Ana Pyrrhura rubra loxia Ana Pterocera can. It was so roofed one by the natural disposition of the low bushes that I doubted about the bird's ability to ride through them: this may have account for her unwillingness to do so. She had evidently entered her bowser by stooping under the the entanglement of twigs. Camus suddenly upon an Ardea herodias which gave him a good flying past & I doubled him handsomely, He was not in very fine plumage. I noticed that the Shallows (B. breister) came trotting to the spot where he fell and went to playing with the feathers that were floating on the surface. Visited the Brester's nest found Friday (and ripped open) and found the of sitting or 5 eggs. Harrington came in with 8 Mol. peregrina I heard a number of them were recently at general arrival to day, Storm flew & Pterocera can. and saw a flock of Mig or Kern. He also saw a of Batis In P.M. I went out on the lake again and paddled up to Brown's clearing failing back. Found a nest of H. Redia with eggs & shot a Contopus Osorius Found also a nest of Colaptes in an old hole while in the very next tree was a marty bird mouse. She's rather, and came out at my thumping but I could not reach the nest. Coming back I heard two Bubs Virginiaensis hooting at frequent intervals answering one another, this was at 5.30 P.M. with the sun shining bright. Saw also several