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Common, but iiol easily seen. I found one nest on the side of a rather 

 steep hill, the female Avas sitting on the nest. I took a negative of her 

 just as she was. I then scared her off the nest and found that she only 

 had one egg. This was on. the morning of July 13. I came back every 

 morning and made negatives of her on the nest in different positions, 

 afterwards scaring her off, but I found only one egg until July 17. At 

 three o'clock in the afternoon of the 17th I found two eggs. The eggs 

 were smaller than those of the Yellow- billed Cuckoo and did not have 

 the bhiish cast. The nest is a much better affair than the Yellow-billed 

 Cuckoo builds. By the ISth I could approach my hand within eighteen 

 inches of the cuckoo before she left the nest. AVhenever she left her nest 

 she generally flew about" thirty feet and then sat perfectly motionless until 

 I left. She hardly ever uttered a sound. Her positions on the nest were 

 at times rather acrobatic. This is illusti-ated to some extent by the photo- 

 graphs. On July 24 the first egg was hatched into one of the ugliest young 

 birds I have ever seen. On July 20 ogff number two had disappeared but 

 the young cuckoo Avas thriving. On July 27 fi-alhcrs were pretty well 

 started. On July 28 everything was as usual, on the afternoon of the 30th 

 the bird had disappeared. It did not seem re.uly to leave the nest but 

 probably the mother coaxed it off early on account of my visits, 

 [390] Ccrijle ale i/on (hinn.). Belted Kingfisher. 



Yery common. I found one nest in a raili'();Hl Imiik. Anotlier in a 

 steep bank along a creek. 

 [393] Drifubati's viUoxuK (Linn.). Hairy Woodpecker. 



Four individuals of this species were seen this summer. 

 [394] Dryobates pubesccns (Jjinn.). DoAAniy Woodpecker. 



Very common. 

 [402] Sphyrajm'us varlus (Linn.). Y^elloAV-bellied Sapsucker. 



Common. 

 [406] Melanerpci^ rn/thwcejilialu-'^ (Linn.). Red-headed Woodpecker, 



Very common. These Woodpeckers have become very tame, especially 

 on the Winona Assembly ground. They frequently hop around in the road 

 like English Sparrows. 

 [412] Culaptes auratus CLinn.). Flicker. 



Very common. 

 [417] Ayitrostomiis vocifems (Wils.). Whip-poor-will. Figs. 9, 10, 11, 12, 16. 



Common. Often heard, but rarely seen. I found one nest on June 27. 

 I was cx'ossing an old and rotten rail fence at the top of a Avoody embank- 



