Notes from Field and Study 



373 



Worm-eating Warbler. No nest found, 

 but several pairs seen every month from 

 April to August. 



Blue-winged Warbler. At least six 

 pairs. No nest located, but young scarcely 

 able to fly seen twice. 



Cerulean Warbler. I have looked in 

 vain for a nest, but several pairs sing here 

 throughout the summer, and are as con- 

 spicuous as this species could be expected 

 to be. 



Yellow-throated Warbler. Common. 



Pine Warbler. Common. 



Prairie Warbler. Several pairs nest in 

 second growth around clearings. 



Louisiana Waterthrush. One nest; 

 several pairs breed. 



Kentucky Warbler. Twenty pairs 

 breeding would be a conservative estimate. 



Florida Yellowthroat. Common. 



Yellow-breasted Chat. Common. 



Hooded Warbler. Abundant; three 

 nests seen in one day. 



American Redstart. One nest found; 

 several birds seen throughout breeding 

 season. 



Besides the thirteen species in this 

 woodland, the Yellow Warbler breeds 

 elsewhere around Atlanta, and the Parula 

 is seen occasionally through the summer, 

 but no nest has been located. Swainson's 

 Warbler is said to nest in canebrakes near 

 the city; but I know of no nest's being 

 found, and personally have not seen it 

 after May 15. 



I feel sure you would be interested in 

 this information about the Blue-winged, 

 Worm-eating, Cerulean, and Redstart, 

 and perhaps in the great abundance of the 

 Kentucky. — Wm. H. LaPrade, Jr., 

 Atlanta, Ga. 



A Census of Forty Acres in Indiana 



The bird population varies in our local- 

 ity from year to year. This year (1916) 

 there are absent many birds that formerly 

 nested about our homestead, namely: 

 Killdeer, Belted Kingfisher, Phoebe, 

 Orchard Oriole, Vesper Sparrow, Song 

 Sparrow, Indigo Bunting, Scarlet Tanager, 

 Barn Swallow, Cedar Waxwing, Vireos, 



Worm-eating Warbler and Yellow- 

 breasted Chat. Our homestead is near the 

 forest on the east, with orchards to the 

 north and south and open pasture to the 

 west. The following birds have nested 

 within an area of forty acres: 

 Species Number of Pairs 



Bob-white 4 



Mourning Dove 4 



Screech Owl i 



Yellow-billed Cuckoo i 



Downy Woodpecker i 



Red-headed Woodpecker i 



Northern Flicker i 



Chimney Swift 2 



Ruby-throated Hummingbird 2 



Kingbird i 



Crested Flycatcher i 



Wood Pewee 2 



Blue Jay 6 



American Crow i 



Meadowlark 6 



Baltimore Oriole i 



House Sparrow 5 



Chipping Sparrow i 



Cardinal 2 



Summer Tanager i 



Purple Alartin i 



Catbird i 



Brown Thrasher 2 



House Wren i 



Carolina Wren i 



Tufted Titmouse i 



Chickadee i 



Wood Thrush i 



Robin 3 



Bluebird 2 



Total, 30 species, 58 pairs. 



—Martha Waters, OwensviUc, Ind. 



Is This a Record with Bluebirds? 



In April Bluebirds appeared. I noticed 

 two on a Friday afternoon in a young 

 maple close to the house, and that even- 

 ing prepared a small nest-box with an 

 entrance-hole of suitable size. The follow- 

 ing morning at seven-thirty, aided by a 

 ladder, I tied the box against the maple's 

 trunk about twelve feet from the ground. 



One of the Bluebirds appeared while I 

 was in the tree and actually lit on the 

 second limb above me to watch the work; 

 before I could take the ladder away the 

 bird was perching on the box and no 

 sooner was the ladder removed than it 

 was inside. When the man who drove me 

 to the station returned at eight-twenty, 



