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July 27, Sunday 1913. Rather close and oppressive in town today and hot everywhere. Went out on four-mile Run and spent the days. There are a good many signs of fall in the air now. The grass is getting brown and dry in many localities and some of the trees show the effect of the weather. The Locusts are entirely brown now from the ravages of the Chrysomelid [[underlined]] Chalepus dorsalis [[/underlined]] and are losing many of their leaves. They show up everywhere about Washington as brown patches on the hillsides. Apparently this does not hurt the trees however as these outbreaks come periodically. There is considerable activity [[strikethrough]] [[?]] [[/strikethrough]] among the birds now and many young are about. A small band of Carolina Chickadees was encountered twice working quickly with soft notes through the tops of the trees. They examined every crevice in the limbs even crawling into curled up rolls of bark and called continually. I watched them carefully for warblers but the only one accompanying them was a single Mniotilta varia. [[end page]] [[start page]] Two Ovenbirds were seen on a bushy side hill. They flew up from the ground to low perches. They have stopped singing within the last ten days. Two Flickers were flushed from the ground among some pines and flew from tree to tree ahead of me. Later they were encountered on top of the hill among some oaks. Maryland Yellowthroats were common and were feeding young out of the nest. They scolded me sharply whenever I intruded in their haunts. A White-eyed Vireo gave a rendition of his usual song. And was found hunting actively through some brush! One or two notes resembled those of the English Sparrow. Red-eyed Vireos were common but were not singing a great deal. They are molting now about the head. An Orchard Oriole came into a tree near the old orchard and began scolding and hopping around energetically. I collected it and found that it was an immature bird but old enough to make a good skeleton. Another was seen near Virginia