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Purple Martins - several high in air.
Brown Thrasher - two in ragged plumage.
Rough-winged Swallow - one
Chimney Swift common
House Wren - one
Yellow Warbler one
Catbird common
Kingbird - common
Chat - several
Scarlet tanager - has almost ceased singing
Indigo Bunting - few.
Wood Pewee - common one taken
Acadian Fly catcher two
Yellow-billed Cuckoo several.

July 30, Wednesday.
The greater part of the Purple Grackles in the Dept. of Agriculture Grounds had their young out of the nest by the last of May and by the twentieth of June were mainly gone. A few howlers remained coming to drink daily at the watering tank below my window. July 28 a female brought two young just out of the nest to drink so that the lingering birds must have been those whose early brood was destroyed in some way [[strikethrough]] and who [[/strikethrough]] though they still persisted in an attempt to rear a family. Though the

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members of the first brood were on the wing so early there was no attempt under normal conditions to rear a second brood.
The birds had their nests in small pines throughout the grounds and in may numbered at least thirty five pairs and probably sixty. The Fish Crows undoubtedly robbed a few of the nests though they were vigorously assailed whenever they appeared and were pursued with angry chucks.

The birds come daily to drink and bathe in the watering tank out here and it is amusing to watch them. They usually stand on the pipe when the water bubbles out and splatter the water over themselves but this is rather unsatisfactory. A few of the braver ones jump in going clear under And then clamber out again repeating this performance several times, sometimes fluttering along in the water for a couple of feet or more.

They drink a great deal of water and often pick up bits of bread etc. and fly up to soak them in the water begin eating them.