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174 Saw a Catbird, a Song and a white throated Sparrow and an Indigo Bunting. A large bird apparently [[in margin]]Hairy[[/in margin]] a Woodpecker by the wing motion and shape of wings flew over quite high up. It was silent. A Red-winged Blackbird flew over. Then I went home. [[line]] September 27 Thursday. This morning Clarence Cook and I went down on the Island. Saw a family of American Goldfinches feeding [[end page]] [[start page]] on [[?sticktights]]. There were a number of Song Sparrows scattered through a Cornfield feeding. When flushed they took refuge in some bushes and weeds covering the river bank which was very steep at this place. On a wire fence at the edge of the woods was a Phoebe. It flew against the side of a large tree, got an insect and lit on a branch to swallow it. When it saw us it went into the tops of the trees. Afterward we heard it calling