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THE OOLOGIST 



Fraiikford, May 27, 1901, 1 egg. 



428, Hummingbird; scarce. Holmes- 

 burg, June 7, 1906, 2 eggs. 



444, Kingbird; common. Bustleton, 

 June 5, 1897, 4 eggs. 



452, Crested Flycatcher; common. 

 Jonesdale, June 14, 1897, 5 eggs. 



456, Phoebe; rather scarce. Holmes- 

 burg, May 25, 1898, 2 eggs. 



461, Wood Pewee; not common. 

 Wissinoming, deserted nest, June 11, 

 1902. 



466a, Alder Flycatcher; exceedingly 

 rare. Dr. J. P. Ball collected nest and 

 eggs in June, 1909, at Frankford. 



467, Least Flycatcher, rare. A bird 

 was seen at Frankford on May 28, 

 1903, and another on July 15, 1909, at 

 Holmesburg. 



477, Blue Jay; scarce. A pair nest- 

 ed in 1907 at Frankford, but I couldn't 

 find their nest. Have several other 

 summer records of birds seen. 



488, Crow; common. Frankford. 

 April 13, 1898, 5 eggs. 



489, Fish Crow; scarce. Jonesdale, 

 April 10, 1902, 5 eggs. 



494, Bobolink; exceedingly rare. 

 Have seen birds at Bridesburg on 

 June 5, 1902 and .June 1, 1906. 



495, Cowbird; common. Holmes- 

 burg, June 7, 1897, 1 egg in Red-eyed 

 Vireo's nest. 



498, Red-winged Blackbird; com- 

 mon. Blue Grass, May 20, 1899, 4 

 eggs. 



501, Meadow Lark, common. Frank- 

 ford, June 4, 1898, 5 eggs. 



506, Orchard Oriole, scarce. Holmes- 

 burg, June 12, 1897, 4 eggs. 



507, Baltimore Oriole; not common. 

 Holmesburg, May 17, 1897, 1 egg. 



511, Purple Grackle; c o m m o n . 

 Holmesburg, April 21, 1898, 4 eggs. 



B. S. English Soarrow; too abund- 

 ant. Frankford, April 23, 1898, 6 eggs. 



529, Goldfinch; not common. Bustle- 



n, September 17, 1897, 1 fledgling. 



540, Vesper Sparrow ; common. 

 Frankford, June 29, 1897, 3 eggs. 



546, Grasshopper Sparrow; scarce. 

 Breeds every summer at Blue Grass, 

 but my attempts to find a nest have 

 all been failures. 



560, Chipping Sparrow; common. 

 Blue Grass, .June 3, 1897, 3 eggs. 



563, Field Sparrow; abundant. Jones- 

 dale, July 1, 1897, 4 eggs. 



581, Song Sparrow; abundant. Jones- 

 dale, May 14, 1897, 4 eggs. 



584, Swamp Sparrow; common. 

 Bridesburg, May 27, 1900; 4 eggs. 



587, Towhee; rare. A pair seen at 

 .Jonesdale all summer of 1909, but I 

 failed to find their nest. Have one or 

 two other summer records. 



593, Cardinal; not common. Jones- 

 dale, .June 3, 1898, 2 eggs. 



595, Rose Breasted Grosbeak; rare. 

 .Jonesdale, May 28, 1907, 2 eggs. 



598, Indigo Bunting; common. Frank- 

 ford, May 31, 1898, 3 eggs. 



604, Dickcissel; formerly, but not 

 since 1880 at Frankford. 



608, Scarlet Tanager: rather rare. 

 Frankford, new nest June 6, 1899. 



611, Purple Martin; locally rare. 

 There are occupied colonies at Holmes- 

 burg and Bustleton, that have been 

 used every year since 1896. 



612, Cliff Swallow; rare if at all. 

 Have summer records covering the 

 years 1897 to 1901, but have never 

 been able to locate a colony or find a 

 nest. 



613, Barn Swallow; common. Franlc- 

 ford, new nests .July 7, 1898. 



616, Bank Swallow; rare. Formerly, 

 a small colony at Holmesburg, which 

 passed out of existence in 1897, when 

 1 first found it. These birds however, 

 occur here in summer in abundance 

 along the river and inland, but thev 

 are feeding birds from nearby colo- 

 nies over in New Jersey. 



617, Rough-winged Swallow; not 



