THE CAMERA. 



bing their tail up and down, may be 

 found around most any pond or swamp 



or coastal marsh. They nest through 

 May and June, after which they wander 

 about with their youn.<>\ My migration 



of an exceedingly odd pair of birds, a> 

 they built their nest in the short grass of 

 an old hayfield, with no protection what- 

 soever, while generally the nest is so con- 

 cealed in long grass that it is quite diffi- 



NEST OF SPOTTED SANDPIPER. 



(Actitis Macularia) 



Where nature has supplied pointed eggs which 



fit together so that the comparatively small bird 



may easily cover them. 



lists for the last few years, show that the 

 time of their arrival in the spring is 

 between the second and third weeks in 

 April, they stay through May, June, July 

 and August, departing for the South the 

 second week in September. 



My second subject is the meadowlark, 

 (stumella magna}. ( )n some early March 

 morning, — though the ground be still 

 frozen and the air still wintry, you may 

 hear the season of sone inaugurated by 

 the beautiful flute-like song of "stumel- 

 la." When I hear for the first time 

 in the spring, I always forget the cold 

 and the ice, and the thought of the com- 

 ing spring, birds, and flowers at once 

 enters my mind. 



The meadowlarks arrive from the South 

 the second week in March, but do not 

 commence constructing their nest until 

 the first or second week in May. They 

 are exceedingly shy about building their 

 nest, and even more so after the eggs 

 are laid. The nest in the photograph is 



THE NOOSE STRUCTURE OF THE 

 HENSLOW SPARROW. 



(Ammodramus Henslowii. ) 



Found on a "Red letter" day. 



cult to find unless the bird is flushed. 

 The eggs are from four to six in num- 

 ber, white, with reddish brown spots and 

 lavender shell markings. 



All through May, 1907, I searched a 

 certain hayfield for two nests of this 

 bird, but did not discover them until 

 their voting were hatched, and one over 

 zealous youngster began to squawk as 

 if he were beino' killed, when I happened 

 to pass near to their home on June 15, 

 1907. 



The Henslow's sparrow (Ammodra- 

 mus henslowii) is a very rare migrant, 

 and still rarer breeder in this locality. 

 My first acquaintance with this bird was 

 in May. 1907, while walking through a 

 swampy meadow. I was walking along 

 slowly when I heard a bird's note 

 strange to my ear, and on closer exami- 

 nation found it to be no less than that 

 of the Henslow sparrow. At the time 

 1 thought it only to be a passing migrant 

 but later in the season I flushed a female 



