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THE BIRD-LIFE OF A YEAR. 



Purple Finch, 

 White-eyed Vireo. 

 96. Red-eyed Yireo. 

 Warbling Vireo. 

 Yellow-throated Yireo. 

 Purple Martin. 

 Rough-winged Swallow. 

 Cliff Swallow. 

 Chestnut-sided Warbler. 

 Prairie Warbler. 

 Yellow-breasted Chat. 

 98. Maryland Yellow- 

 throat. 

 Longf-billed Marsh Wren. 



JUXE. 



After Jane 5 we may be reasonably sure that 

 every bird seen has, or has liad, a nest in our vicinity. 

 Several of the birds which began nesting in April — 

 for instance, the Phoebe, Song Sparrow, Robin, 

 and Bluebird — will rear second broods in June, 

 while the vouno^ of other Aj^ril nestino^ birds, such 

 as the Eed-shouldered Hawk, Screech Owl, and 

 Crow, may not leave the nest nntil June. All 

 the birds that began nesting in May will still be 

 occupied with household affairs in June; and when 

 we add to these the late-breeding species which wait 

 for June before settlinfj: their domestic arrano^e- 

 ments, it will be seen that among birds June is the 

 home montli of the year. 



Xest-building, egg-laying, incubating, and the 

 care of the young now make constant and excep- 

 tional demands on birds, who, in response, exhibit 



