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Scarlet Tanagers of the male denomination and very abundant I saw thirty or forty during the afternoon.

This seemed to be the chosen ground of Golden-winged Warblers and I saw and heard a number.
Sometimes an extra note was added to the song making it [[underline]]tzee tzee tzee tzee [[/underline]].

On Schinketts farm on my way home I saw a long straw protruding from a bush and going up to it saw a nest about 1 1/2 feet from the ground in a Raspberry bush. It was much like a Chipping Sparrows nest but a number of long

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straws protruded all around the foundation. It contained two eggs greenish in color spotted with rufous brown. They were very handsome and I left them for next week. They belonged I think to the Tree Sparrow.

Saw a Black-billed Cuckoo on Brilliotts hill. It was hunting through the tops of the second growth along the road.

May 19, Tuesday.

This morning as I sat on Hoag's porch I was startled by a loud caw-er caw-er repeated six or eight times and followed by conk conk conk. It came from a large oak and going around there saw a pair of