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ORNITHOLOGIST 



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the mountains. I think it will be found to be 

 a resident as well as the preceding as I have 

 seen them both in spring and fall and believe 

 they must go up into the mountains to breed. 

 C'harU'S! F. Morrison. 

 (To he continued.) 



Notes on a Few Nests Collected at 



Cornwall, Vt., in the Spring of 



1889. 



Red-bellied Nuthatch (Sift a cnnadniKix). 

 Collected May :50th. The nest, which was in a 

 dead maple stub, ten feet from tlie ground, 

 was placed in a deserted Woodpecker's hole in 

 which, in 1888, was a nest of the Downy Wood- 

 pecker (7;r?/«6afe.s^)M6f.sce»i.s). It was composed 

 of fine strips of bark and contained seven eggs, 

 incubation well begun. The old bird was 

 easily started from the nest by rapping on the 

 tree, but returned in every instance within ten 

 minutes, hopping from branch to branch, and 

 then darting down and pcnsing for an instant 

 in front of the hole, went inside. 



Whito-rumi)ed Shrike {Lunins ludocicianns 

 exciihltoriden). Collected May 22d. The nest 

 was in a pine tree eighteen feet from the 

 ground, and eight feet (mt on the limb from 

 the trunk of the tree, and contained six eggs, 

 incubation well begun. The nest was not 

 more than ten rods from several thorn bushes, 

 but they had proba1)ly taken the pine tree as a 

 more secure i)lace, as I knew of several Shrikes' 

 nests being taken from these same thorn trees 

 in 1888. 



Bai'tram's Sandpiper (Bartrnmia lonf/irnnda). 

 Collected May 20th. The nest was simply a 

 little hollow in the ground, and contained 

 four fresh eggs. The old bird uses consider- 

 able art to decoy the intruder from her nest. 



Chestnut-sided Warbler (Dendroieo }>ennsi/l- 

 vnnica). Collected June Oth. The nest, which 

 was in a low swampy place, was three feet 

 from the ground, and contained four fresh 

 eggs. 



Maryland Yellow-throat (Gnothlypis trichatt). 

 Collected June 4th. I discovered the nest on 

 May 26th, by watching the 9 carry materials 

 with which to build it. On May oOth the nest 

 was completed, and on June 2d it contained 

 three eggs, and on June 4th it contained a full 

 set of five eggs. It was not a difficult matter 

 to locate the nest by watching the old bird 

 when building it, but after she had her set 

 completed it was not so easy, as in going and 

 coming from her nest she threaded her wav 



through the tall grass, all the time keeping 

 well hidden. 



Prairie Horned Lark (Otororis alj^estris prat- 

 inc.ola). Has been previously described in the 

 June, 1889, number of the O. & O. 



Woodcock (Pliilohela minor). Collected May 

 4th. The nest was situated in a small piece 

 of hard woods, ten rods from a stream. It 

 was a slight affair made by hollowing out a 

 l)lace in tlie leaves, and contained four eggs 

 nearly ready to hatch. The old bird allowed 

 me to nearly tread upon her before she tiew. 



Blue Jay (Ci/anocitta cri.<<tat<i). Collected 

 May 11th. Nest in a small elm tree seven 

 feet from the ground, and contained five eggs 

 slightly incubated. 



Indigo Bunting (Pu.s.'terina rynnea). One 

 nest of this species, which I found on May 30th, 

 contained four eggs. The nest, which was 

 situated in a low, swampy place, was hung to 

 the tall brakes, and was a much more neatly 

 constructed affair than the bird usually builds. 

 It was not as bulky as their nests usually are, 

 and was built more after the style of a Vireo. 



Bobolink (IJolichonj/x oryzivori(.s). Collected 

 June 1st. The nest was well hidden in the 

 tall grass, and contained seven fiesh eggs. I 

 flushed the old bird while driving through the 

 meadow, and several times that I frightened 

 her off she rose up and flew across the meadow, 

 without trying in any way to decoy me away 

 from her eggs. 



Yellow-billed Cuckoo {Corcyzu.H nnterieAinux). 

 Took first nest June 4tli, which cimtained five 

 eggs nearly ready to hatch. The nest was 

 placed two feet from the ground in a bush. 

 The second nest I collected on July 10th, and 

 it contained two eggs, incubation well begun. 

 This nest was very small, and would not have 

 held more than three eggs. It was placed in a 

 small bush fifteen inches from the ground. 



Field Sparrow {Spizella j:»».s«7/r(). Collected 

 July lOtli. Nest was situated by the road side in 

 a small apple tree bush, twenty inches from the 

 ground, and contained three eggs nearly fresh. 



Yellow- winged Sparrow {Ani)nodramiis .'iavan- 

 arum pa.H.serinu.^), which is by no means a com- 

 mon bird in this locality, and I consider it 

 quite a rare breeder, as this is the first and 

 only nest that I have any notes on from this 

 section. Collected July 17th. The nest which 

 was a very slight affair was situated on side 

 hill, well concealed in the tall grass. It was 

 composed of a few dried grasses, barely 

 enough to keep the eggs from the ground, and 

 contained five eggs nearly ready to hatch. 



C. II. Park-hill. 



