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I3iRD Xests of an Old Apple Orchard Xear Indiana 

 University Campus. "^ 



Bv Gertijude Hitze. 



As part of my work in Nature Study during the Spring of 1002 I 

 was assigned an old orchard east and north of Indiana University 

 €ampus. My work was to locate and report on all of the birds' nests 

 of this orchard. 



As a preliminary a plot was made of the orchard. The rows of 

 trees were numbered serially from 1 to 22. and the individual trees 

 in each row were also numbered. The orchard was thoroughly searched 

 for nests between the latter part of April and the early part of June. 

 The exact location of the nests is omitted in this report. 



From an ethical and sentimental standpoint the work was very 

 discouraging. Two-thirds of the nests were not completed or were 

 destroyed in different ways. In all, 24 nests were found, and IS of 

 these came to grief in one way or another, as the report will show. 



The report will be of interest as showing the vicissitudes of birds 

 near a town, and the expense at which birds l^ecome and remain 

 adapted to their environment. 



TURTLE' DOVE. 



May 21st I found a nest loosely made of twigs, lined with hay and 

 feathers, and containing two pure white eggs. May 23d this^ nest 

 was robbed and destroyed. The old birds were tlying about the orchard. 

 On June 2d I saw no doves in the orchard. 



CHIPPIXG SPARROW. 



May 21st I found a little nest under a grapevine. It was built of 

 dry grasses and lined with horsehair. The nest was built in a little 

 hole in the ground. It contained one white egg with many brown 



^Contributions from the Zoological Laboratory of Indiana University. No. (51. 



