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Chipping Sparrow's egg. It was warm so we put it in the Chipping Sparrow's 

 nest and in two or three days it hatched! The parents now had an extra baby. 

 My ! they were proud. 



We have seen a Yellow Warbler's nest. 



We have also seen on our picnics, Chickadees, Goldfinches, Bobolinks, 

 Meadow Larks, Fox Sparrows, English Sparrows, Bluebirds, Blackbirds, 

 Crows, Bronzed Grackles, Chipping Sparrows, Cowbirds, Robins, Indigo 

 Buntings, Song Sparrows, Wild Ducks, Herring Gulls, Common Terns, Cedar 

 Waxwings, Woodpeckers, Downy Woodpeckers, Tree Swallows, Sandpeeps, Barn 

 Swallows, Owls, Sharp-shinned Hawks, Flickers, Phcebes, Ospreys, Sparrow 

 Hawks, Red-winged Blackbirds. — Helen Brown Holt (age, 10 years), 

 Portland, Maine. 



[The response to kindness which these Pigeons showed is the same as that frequently 

 displayed by many of our native birds. The pleasure which they brought to these girls 

 might have been augmented had they been real wild birds, but it shows that it is not 

 necessary to live in the country or to have uncommon birds about one to truly enjoy 

 their company and friendship. — A. A. A.] 



A NEST CENSUS 



I thought that Bird-Lore might like to print the number and kinds of 

 bird-nests that I have found this year within half a square mile. They are 

 as follows: 26 Tree Swallows; 13 Robins; 10 Chipping Sparrows; 3 Song 

 Sparrows; 1 Field Sparrow; 8 Bluebirds; 1 Catbird; 1 Oriole; 1 Flicker; 1 

 House Wren; 1 Phcebe; 1 Red-eyed Vireo; 1 Kingbird; 1 Grackle; 1 Mead- 

 owlark; 1 Red-winged Blackbird; 2 Crows; 4 Chimney Swifts; 3 Barn Swal- 

 lows; 10 Cliff Swallows; and two 29-compartment bird houses full of Purple 

 Martins. Sincerely yours, 



Ralph Carpenter, Jr., Wolfeboro, N. H. 



