THE OOLOGIST 



WINTER WREN NESTING. 



May 22d along the stream that flows 

 through the region inhabited by my 

 pair of Goshawks I found a nest of 

 Winter Wren. 



The stream flows over and among 

 many moss and fern-covered rocks. Fal- 

 len timber and old logs are numerous. 

 As there is a large amount of pine and 

 hemlock the woods are cool, damp and 

 shady, making an ideal place for this 

 wren to summer. The nest was plac- 

 ed under and among the roots of a 

 partly fallen birch. It was well under 

 and entirely concealed from view unless 

 a person got down on hands and knees 

 to look. The nest was a large ball 

 of green moss with a few fine dead 

 twigs of hemlock about the small hole 

 or entrance. The nest was thickly lin- 

 ed with feathers of some bird that had 

 likely been eaten by a hawk or owl. 

 The nest contained five fresh eggs. 

 Pure white with a few brown dots. 

 The female sat very close. 



The Winter Wren is not uncommon 

 In summer and a few are found in 

 suitable places, but its nest is very 

 hard to find here. Decoy nests are 

 frequently seen under logs and roots 

 of fallen trees. 



R. B. SIMPSON. 



BIRDS OBSERVED IN SOUTHERN 

 HILLSBORO CO., N. H. 



The only articles with which I am 

 acquainted dealing, with the birds of 

 Hillsboro County, were published in 

 the O. & O. in 1892 by A. M. Farmer. 

 Besides scattered notes, he printed in 

 O. & O. September, 1892, a list of 

 thirty-six birds observed in Northern 

 Hillsboro County from June 27 to July 

 2, 1892. It is partly to supplement this 

 list that the following notes, based on 

 observations made at Sharon and vi- 

 cinity, in Southern Hillsboro County, 

 at an altitude of about fourteen hun- 



dred feet, from July 14th to August 

 11, 1909, are written. Species starred 

 were not given in Farmer's list. 



X 1. Bob-white (Colinus virginai- 

 nus). One heard on July 25th and 

 27th in Temple. 



2. Ruffed Grouse, (Bonasa unbel- 

 lus). Three seen, July 17-22. 



3. Black-billed Cuckoo (Coccyzua 

 erythrophthalmus). A single bird 

 seen in Sharon on July 27th, on its 

 nest, which held one just hatched 

 bird, one pipped egg, and one not 

 pipped. 



X 4. Hairy Woodpecker (Drj^obates 

 villosus). Two seen together in Sha- 

 ron, July 15tli. 



X 5. Flicker, (Colaptes a luteus). 

 About four seen. 



6. Whip-poor-will, (Antrostomus vo- 

 ciferus). Some six heard. 



7. Chimney Swift, (Chateura pel- 

 agica). Not common. 



8. Kingbird (Tyrannus tyrannus). 

 Saw three or four between Sharon and 

 Petersboro, August 11. 



0. Phoebe (Sayorius phoebe). One 

 seen July 28, and one heard in Tem- 

 ple July 27. 



10. Blue Jay (Cyanocitta cristata). 

 Not common. 



11. Crow, (Corvus brachyrhyn- 

 chos). Not common. 



X 12. Purple Finch, (Carpodacus 

 purpureus). A female seen in Sharon 

 •July 15. 



13. Vesper Sparrow (Pooecetes 

 gramineus). Uncommon. 



14. White-throated Sparrow (Zon- 

 otrichia albicollis). Not common. 

 First heard singing on July 14. 



15. Chipping Sparrow (Spizella 

 passerina). Uncommon. 



16. Field Sparrow (Spizella pusil- 

 la). Fairly common. 



X 17. Junco (Junco hyemalis). Not 

 common; first seen (two) on July 

 14, in Sharon. 



