heads opened their mouths widely and sent forth a ringing laughing ery such as is quite common among them but which I never had witnessed before. They are very noisy, quarrel- some birds and this note (It may be a call note) is the most harsh and shrill of any of their notes. July-8/1896. Found a Wm. Savannah Sparrow's nest this morning under a sugar beet in the field. It was only a short distance from a straw stack. The birds were on the nest and did not flush until I had nearly placed my hat upon the nest. She ran along the ground with her wings and tail spread and was evidently trying to delude me. July-9/1896. Today I was amazed by the velocity displayed by the Least Terns at their colony on the sand- bar near mouth of the Salinas. When I approached their nesting spot—it was too late for eggs—they