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6 nest was empty save for the barren egg. Jim Draper and I went up to look at the Barn Swallow's nest. The female was on it. It was lined with downy feathers and was built on the end of a board. By reaching out I could feel in it. There were 5 eggs. _____ This afternoon I went down in Seeley's marsh. There were lots of Red-wings fussing around of course. All a sudden I saw something going [[end page]] [[start page]] 7 through the rank growth swiftly. I thought it was a rat. It slipped into sight and it was a Virginia Rail. It appeared to be very anxious and gave a harsh note like the[[underlined]] Kiw [[/underlined]] of the Flicker and a high [[underlined]]Ki Ki [[/underlined]][[line between body of i and dot of i in both words]]. Then the male came. I saw a little black ball roll and tumble along some mud. It was a young Rail just hatched. The entire plumage was dark [[?]] black. Bill white with a black band