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placed on the evening of June 15, and the nest was fully completed and con- 

 tained four eggs on June 21; one egg disappeared in a few days, probably 

 taken by a Blue Jay. On July 2 one egg was hatched, and on July 3 a second. 

 The remaining egg was left in the nest until July 7, when it disappeared, proba- 

 bly having been removed by the parent birds. The two young left the nest 

 about July 14, and were seen for some time after in company with the parent 

 birds, doubtless maturing without mishap. 



4. Kingbird. Twelve feet high, in a box elder. The nest when found, June 

 16, contained four eggs. Later all eggs were hatched, and four young birds 

 left the nest safely. 



5. Robin. Twelve feet high, in the same box elder as the Kingbird's 

 nest at No. 4. This nest was found June 15, and was so situated that the 

 interior could not be observed. Later, however, the old birds were observed 

 feeding young birds in the nest. 



6. Brown Thrasher. Two feet from ground, in a brush pile especially 

 prepared for these birds. As in the case of the Flycatchers, careful watch 

 was instituted, to see when the first start was made in the nest, as they had 

 nested in a brush pile in this yard for four years previously. When first noted, 

 however, on the evening of May 9, the nest was well under way, and on May 

 15, the first egg was laid. On the 17th three eggs were in the nest; but on the 

 morning of the 19th, all eggs were gone and the nest abandoned. However, I 

 believe that the pair nested nearby a second time, as later a male and female 

 brought four young to the same brush pile and plum thicket, when the young 

 were as yet scarcely able to fly. 



7. Bluebird. A pair of Bluebirds attempted to nest in a porch-pillar 

 nest-box about ten feet high, but they were driven away by a pair of Red- 

 headed Woodpeckers that nested at No. 12. A young man living the next door 

 west became interested, and put up a box about thirty feet west of the No. 18, 

 of which they took immediate possession and raised a brood of four. 



8. Mourning Dove. Seven feet high, in a box elder. The nest was found 

 in August, and then contained one egg. A few days after the discovery, the 

 nest was abandoned and the egg found on the ground. 



9. Mourning Dove. Fifteen feet high, in a box elder. The nest was dis- 

 covered August 18, and then contained two young. A few days later the nest 

 was abandoned and, as no sign of dead birds was about, it is presumed that they 

 left the nest safely. 



10. Flicker. Eighteen feet high, in a von Berlepsch-style nest-box in an ash 

 tree. The birds began preparing the box for the nesting on April 16, and on 

 June 4, when the box was first opened, it contained six young partly fledged. 

 On June 15, the last nestling left the box, but all stayed about in the trees for 

 some time. 



11. House Wren. Ten feet high, in another branch of the tree where No. 

 10 was located, in a von Berlepsch-style nest-box. When first discovered, the 



