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There are several pairs in the more open spaces of the bottoms.

In one corner of the Woods were a number of Water-Thrushes. They flew up into the trees and would not allow a close approach but flew through the trees generally for quite a distance.

A bird flew up with a sharp note like a Water-Thrushes and I shot it. When I picked it up instead of a Water-Thrush I found it was a Prothonotary Warbler. This was a great surprise. The yellow did not show up at all as the sun was not shining.

Across the track the Warblers were sometimes lower down in the thornapple trees and goose-berry bushes. I saw one sitting rather quietly in a tree and when I picked it up found it was a male Cape May Warbler and a fine one. Farther on I shot a female from a large tree. It looked entirely different and I did not know what it was until I got home.

The three common Resident Vireos were all present and also Scarlet Tanagers, Olive-backed, Wilson & Wood Thrushes were common.

Went over in Dickie's Marsh. Here were a few Wilson Warblers hunting through the low willows which stood in the Water. They were quite restless and gave a note like [[underlined]] tseet [[/underlined]] exactly like that of the Nashville Warbler. 

In Will Dickie's Marsh I saw a Sandpiper on a mud bank. It did not tip as much as the Spotted and seemed rather strange so I shot it. It proved to be the Solitary. Saw another. The note was [[underlined]] pees-wees [[/underlined]]. I have