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80 It acted as if it had a nest. Then we went home. [[line]] June 10,Monday This forenoon it rained hard. Found a full grown young Bluejay that had its wings wet and could not fly. I caught it easily. By the big box-elder in the wood-yards I caught some young Rose-breasted grosbeak's. They were not afraid but the female was much agitated. Saw a Kingbird do a queer thing. It was flying along and gave a number of notes like: [[wavy underline]]krrrrt [[?oyrse]] [[end page]] [[start page]] 81 sis[[/wavy underline]]. at the beginning of the last 3 it would turn down quickly and then fly on like [[best guess: illustration of a bird's flight]]. It looked like a jirky skydance. [[line]] St. Paul, Minn. This afternoon I went up to St Paul. In Elroy and other towns I saw a few Purple Martins. It was wet and marshy in most places and I saw many Red-winged Blackbirds. A single Bronzed Grackle was seen. Field and Song Sparrows were very thick. Pigeon, Sparrow, sharp-shinned and Cooper's Hawk were