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Bird -Lore 



Indigo Bunting 



Bay-breasted 

 Warbler . 



Green Heron 



Canadian Warlj- 

 ler 



Black Tern . 



Solitary Sand- 

 piper ... 



Yellow-billed 

 Cuckoo . . 



Lincoln's Sparrow 



Wilson's Warbler 



Olive-backed 

 Thrush 



Pine Siskin 



Black-billed 

 Cuckoo 



Wood Pewee 



Nighthawk . 



Yellow-bellied 

 Flycatcher . . 



Blackpoll Warb- 

 ler . . . . . 



Cedar Wax wing 



White-eyed Vireo 



The Herring Gull and Meadowlark both 

 wintered, although they are often absent 

 during the cold season. — M.\unsell 

 ScHiEFFELiN Crosby. Rliiuchcck, iV. Y. 



Delayed Breeding of the Mourning Dove 



The early breeding of the Mourning 

 Dove being very well known, the following 

 record may be of interest; namely, that of 

 a fresh set of eggs of this species found in 

 an old apple orchard near Verona, Oneida 

 County, New York, by the writer, Sep- 

 tember 15, 1897. The bird was flushed 

 from the nest. — William R. M.a.xon. 



Golden-crowned Kinglet in a Skyscraper 



On the morning of October 2,5 1914. 

 one of the porters of the City Invest- 

 ing Building in New York City brought 

 me a small bird for identification. The 

 poor little fellow had been flying over 

 the great city the previous night, and 

 seeing light in a window on the eigh- 

 teenth floor (some 200 feet above the 

 street) flew in to investigate, and was 

 caught by a porter with sense enough 

 to save its little life. Although I had 

 never seen a specimen close by. there 

 was no difficulty, but great delight, in 

 immediately recognizing it as a male 



