TIIK lURD-LIFK OF A VKAI{. 2.J 



traits wliicli at otlici- times of tlic ycai* tlicv i:i\(^ no 

 cvideiico of ])oss('ssinn'. Sin<:ini:- now i-cadics its 

 liiizlicst (Icvt'lopmcnt, and cci'taiii call-notes are 

 licai'd only at this season, 'i'lie nund)ei*l('ss actions 

 incident to coui'tship; the intelliLicnco displayed in 

 nest-l)nil(lin<^-; tlie choice ol' special food for the 

 young- ; the devotion which ])i'onipts the parents 

 to recklessly expose tliemselves in the ])rotection 

 of tluMi- (►tl"s|H'in,ii' — all these nianifestati(uis of tlie 

 bird-mind may l)e observed in June. 



A feature of the bird-life of the month is the f(jr- 

 mation, usually in young second-growth woods, of 

 roosts which are nightly frequented by the now 

 fully grown young of such early-breeding birds as 

 the Purple Grackle and Eobin. AVhen a second 

 brood is raised, as with the llobin, the young of the 

 first brood may l)e accompanied to the roost l)y 

 the male parent, but in the one-brooded Grackle 

 the roost is used 1)V both adults and vouna'. 



lilKDS OF THE MONTH. 

 Plrma.nknt liEsiDENTS {<^ee page 6). 

 ScMMKR Uksidents (see page 10). 

 1)1 Kits Xkstinh;. 

 (In addition to tlie species whit-li l)egan to nest in May, all of 

 wliich will have eggs or young in June, the following may lie 

 found nesting:) 

 Pluf, 



J lint' 1 to in. 

 Laughing (iull. 

 27, 91. Night hawk. 

 27. Whip-poor-will. 

 :n. IM. ('rrstcd Flycatcher. 

 'M, \)\. \Vu..d I'ewee. 



Plate 

 Xo. 

 85. Si-arlet Tanagcr. 



Jmu- 10 to 20. 



Ul. ( 'iiMinKui Tern. 



o7. !M. Cedar Waxwing. 



oJ. .Vuierican CroKlfineh. 



