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Bird- Lore 



CHIPPING SPARROW BROODING 



bird to fly any minute; 



but at last I reached it 



and, click, I had my 



first 'close up' bird 



picture. And it was 



the best one, too; for 



although I took six or 



seven others, they did 



not turn out so well as 



the first one. 



May 31, I went to 



take the pictures of the 



little Chickadees, but 



found that they were 



still too small to handle. 



I was not able to go 



again, but my friend reports that the whole family of eight young left the 



nest, and were very healthy-looking little birds. This nest was situated on 



the edge of a woods at Verona, N. J. 



During the two weeks' vacation at Fredon, Sussex Co., N. Y., I found 



twelve' ne&ts, a list of which follows. ^ All but three were found on a farm. 



One Robin's nest, contain- 

 ing one egg. Deserted for un- 

 known cause. 



Two Field Sparrows' nests. 

 Each contained young, almost 

 full-grown birds. One nest had 

 an unfertile egg in it. 



One Barn Swallow's nest, 

 containing four eggs. 



Two Red - winged Black- 

 birds' nests, each with four 

 eggs. Both nests were broken 

 up. One was entirely empty 

 and the other contained the 

 shells of the eggs. I could not 

 find out the cause of this 

 double tragedy. 



Two House Wrens' nests. 

 Both of these were in fence- 

 posts. I caught one bird with 

 A xt-^ttct:- ,„t,t^xt ^xt^ the camera just as it was 



A HOUSE WREN ENTERING ITS NEST . ^ 



IN A FENCE-POST entering the nest. 



