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several tlooks of Pine Siskins, — from 

 100 to 200 liir.ls in a floi-k— in Houltou 

 village. Tlioy were nearlj- as tame a's 

 Enpflish Sparrows. 



The Scarlet Tanager is evidently on 

 the increase in the northern tier of the 

 New England states. I saw (<ne this 

 month (Jnly) as far north as Oaklield. 

 In the same town Kose-!)reasted (gros- 

 beaks are common We fonnd one of 

 the latter perdied on a pictnre in the 

 tlining room of th.> hi)tel. The bird 

 was caught in the b;irn abont six weeks 

 before, it never manifested any dis- 

 position to leave the honse. allhongh 

 the windows and doors were often 

 open. It .sang brilliantly until it began 

 to monlt. Ten years ago the Rose- 

 breast<Hl Grosbeak was rare in Maine; 

 but it has been steadily increasing, un- 

 til now it is to be found l)rceding in 

 nearly every section. Many of ns hope 

 that the Scarlet Tanager will continue 

 to increase until it is as common as the 

 Grosbeak. 



A. B. C, 

 Old Orchard, Me. 



cd in this pair of birds that I allowed 

 them to hatch their eggs and rear their 

 young undisturbed. 



M. 1). t'.M.riiK. 

 Antrim. X. 11. 



Oven Birds Nest Building. 



One morning while out egging I had 

 the pleaser of watching a pah" of Oven 

 Hirds building their nest, and the .sys- 

 tem and order of their united lalior 

 was very interesting. 



The female kept inside, arrang- 

 ing the material and shaping the nest 

 to lit hei- own body, while the male 

 industriously worked on thi oulsidi- 

 biinging and placing the nuiterial, anil 

 by their united .systematic labor the 

 oven shai)ed nest progressed with snr- 

 ))rislng rapidity. One rootlet which 

 Mr. O. H. was pulling vigm-ously upon 

 snapped suddenly giving him a double 

 somersault backwards before he coidd 

 regain his cfinilibrinm; but the plucky 

 little tVdIi'w hung on to his root. The 

 next day I found the nest c-omple(e ami 

 one fresh egg. I was so much inlerest- 



The Bab-white. 



Tlii>; beaiiLifui gamel)ird is vei-yalmn- 

 dant in this locality, and is inci-easiiig 

 in numbers eveiy year. They mate in 

 April, and in the eariy morning and in 

 fact, all through the ilay. you can hear 

 the love call of the male. They nest all 

 through the smnmer months, but 1 do 

 not think they raise but one brood. 

 They lay from 12 to 24 <'ggs. I found 

 four ne.sts last season. One contained 

 24 eggs, one \H. one 1.") and the other 12. 

 The ones that contained 24, IS and 12 

 were perfectly fresh, but the one that 

 contained lo was slightly incubated. 

 The nests are extremely hard to tind. 

 and can only be found by nu're chance 

 or by tlushing the old bird. 



H. L. llK.\TON. 

 Oberliu. Kan. 



The Whip-poor-will in Stark County, Illinois. 



I have often .seen and hcaril the Whip- 

 poor-will in this locality but until last 

 year have been unable to .secure any 

 eggs. On June !l. IS!)'.' | wd friend .se- 

 cured a nice set of I wo eggs of which I 

 secur«'(l one, and also a description of 

 the nest ami bird. On the ISth of .Ium« 

 I found a set of 2 eggs, probably liii<l by 

 the same bird as the set on the iHh. the 

 eggs were |)laced on (he gronml in a 

 snnill brush heap, there being no nest 

 exccjil a slight hi>llow lilled with leaves. 

 The female was on the nest ami did not 

 lly until I was within a few feet of her. 

 Is this not ratiier far north for the 

 \Vhip-pooi--wiir.' 



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