Mar. 1888.] 



AND OOLOGIST. 



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itusj. Tolerably ('oiiiiiion. May i4 to.Iuiic !.">. 

 Eggs four to six in iiuiiiIhm-. 



Wood Pcwee {CrnUoiin.i rin-nti). Nests 

 evciywluTc in good-sized trees, but seems most 

 partial In pine woods. Xests May IT to June 

 24. 



Ai-;idi.-in Klyealcliei- {Einiiidimax wadicvs). 

 Nest with lialt grown young, in a dogwood 

 tree some nine feet from Itic ground, found on 

 June II, ISS". 



l{ed-winged lil.-ickliird (Aiii-ta'us j,liu-tii(:(ni«). 

 Nests May IC to June ti. Ncsr, from eggs four, 

 occasionally only tliree, bul I liave only found 

 one set of five. 



Orchard Oriole {Icterus xiiiirius). Nests com- 

 monly. Eggs five, .lune 8. 



('hii>ping Sparrow {Spizclhi diymestlca). Nests 

 .Vpril 21) to July 21, so 1 suppose three broods 

 are raised heie. Eggs usually four, some- 

 times three. 



Field .Sparrow {Spizella imsHUi). May .') to 

 .luly 2:i. Three broods are probably raised. 

 Eggs three or four. Ttiis species and the pre- 

 ceding are (with the exception of tlic Catbird). 

 our most connnon summer birds, and both breed 

 abundantly. 



Cardinal ((JdnliiMlix ciriiiiiiitnus). May 2 to 

 July i). Eggs almost invariably tliree. 



Blue (irosbeak {(iHiracn civnili-aj). June ;{ 

 (o June 19. Eggs four. 



Indigo Bird {Pdsxeiina ci/diicd). June I to 

 .luly 24. Eggs two to four in number. 



I'urple Martin {Proijm: siiliis). Nests spar- 

 ingly in martin boxes. 



Rough-winged Swallow {Sti-lijidoiiU-njx sc-r- 

 ripenuis). Breeds abundantly. May 15, 1SS6. 



Ked-eyed Vireo (Viivo olicdci'iis). Connnon, 

 but nest seems hard to find, and birds generally 

 desert it if too closely scrutinized. Eggs four. 

 May 14. 



Wliite-eyed Vireo ( I'm-o nda-ljorditcciixix). 

 May 7 to .lune 1. Nest four to eight feet high 

 in bushes near water. Eggs three or four. 



Black and White Warbler {Mnuitiltu Vdrin). 

 Have never taken the eggs, but have frecjuent- 

 ly seen old birds feeding young scarcely able to 

 fly. The young appear during the first week in 

 June. 



I'arula Waiblcr {I'drnln diiicrir.dnd). The 

 san)e rein.irks apply to this species also. 



Yellow Warbler (Deiidrura a-sliva). May 24 

 to .June 2. Eggs fnur or five. 



.'ellow-throated Warbler (Doulni'ra dumia- 

 icaj. The young appear about the middle or 

 end of June. Frequents pine trees to a great- 

 er extent than the Pine Wabler itself. 



Pine Warbler {Deiulrmca piiiiis). Breeds 



abundantly in early Ajiril. Nest with half 

 grown young found April 2(i, ISS7. 



Prairie Warbler {Deuilru'ca dixcolor). A nest 

 with two incubated eggs found in June, 188;"). 



Large-billed Wati-r Thrush (Siurus tnalni-il- 

 la). Breeds sparingly here. On .\pril 17, 188(), 

 I killed a female which would have laid wiibiii 

 two days. The young appear early in June. 



Maryland Vellowthroat {Gcolhhjpis IHchas). 

 Breeds commonly here. 



Yellow-breasted Chat (Irtcrid virms). May 

 20 to .Inly 2. Eggs three or four. 1 think this 

 species raises two broods here. 



Hedstart {SHophaya nUkilld). Faiily com- 

 mon. .\ nest found May 17, 18SG, contained 

 three fresh eggs; in this instance both birds 

 were in the female plumage. 



Mocking Bird {Mimtis pohiyhitlas). .May 4 to 

 .July ;W. Breeds commonly. Eggs four or 

 five, occasionally only three. 



Catbird {Galeosroptes caroliiwunis). .May 12 

 to June 19. Eggs tliree or four. 



Brown Thrasher {Ildrpoi-lninriis ruf'iis}. April 

 2U to July C. Not at all a common breeder here. 



Great Carolina Wren ( Thi-iinthd-ns liidncUidH- 

 «.<). April 17 to July 2. 



AVhite-bellied Nuthatch {Silld (■dridi}i('iisi)!). 

 During the summer of 1885, I observed a brooii 

 of these birds, apjiarently not more than a week 

 from the nests. Shot one to satisfy my curi- 

 osity. It is probably a rare breeder here. 



Brown-headed Nuthatch (.S7«a pn.iitld). .\pril 

 i;!, 1887, six fresh eggs. .April 20 (young), and 

 .\pril 20 (young). 



Tufted Tit (Lophojihaiu-s hicuUir). Common. 

 Nests later than the next species. In 1885, 1 

 observed a pair of these birds carry building 

 materials into a hole up an oak, some fifty feet 

 high, but 1 never investigated. I also found a 

 nest with young like this last summer. 



Carolina Tit (Parus camlincnsis). Api'il 14 to 

 May 4. 



Blue-gray Gnatcatcher {PoUnptUd caruica). 

 May 5, Eggs four. 



Wood Thrush (Hylockhld miintflinus). M:\y 

 7 to .June 16. Eggs tliree or four. 



Bluebird {Sialla sialis). AynW 11 to .June 2G. 



Eggs four or five. White eggs of this species 

 do not seem uncommon here. 



The above list includes all s])ecies which 

 breed, to my certain knowledge in this vicinity, 

 but probably quite a number of species, not in- 

 cluded, also breed here, as for instance, the 

 Summer Tanagerand American Goldfinch, both 

 common summer birds here, but not included 

 in the list, as I have never taken eggs or young 

 of either. 



