ORNITHOLOGIST 



[Vol. 18-N0. 7 



then the Cowbird has often found it ahead 

 of me and left her mark. 



I think the most secreted nest of the 

 Hooded Warbler I ever found had been 

 visited by the Cowbird. 



Although I find nests of other species of 

 Warblers, I take more pleasure in looking 

 after Sylvania mifrafa nests under those 

 difficulties than any other, unless it is the 

 Blackburnian, although I have never been 

 able to find but one set of their eggs. I suc- 

 ceeded in taking seven sets of the Hooded 

 Warbler this season, five sets with four eggs 

 each, and two sets of three. I have never 

 taken a set of five. Eighty per cent, in my 

 experience contain four eggs. 



Aim on E. Kibbe. 

 Mayville, N.Y. 



Detroit, Mich., 1891 Notes. 



April 29. I went out along Green Avenue 

 to-day and took my first 1S91 eggs — sets of 

 four and five. Song Sparrows from nests 

 along the road. Saw my first Bobolink. 



May 2. Bluebird ; set of five eggs from a 

 nest in hole of poplar. 



May 15. Meadow Lark; set of six eggs 

 from a well hidden nest in a field at foot of 

 Medbury Avenue. The Lark does not seem 

 to breed here as commonly as in former 

 years. 



May 24. H. Allis and I went collecting 

 in the swamps near Voight's woods. 



Olive-backed Thrush ; I found two nests 

 containing four eggs each. The nests were 

 in low bushes, and were shrouded over with 

 green leaves, and were very jaretty structures ; 

 each contained a Cowbird's egg. I never 

 found any nests of this Thrush before. 



Brown Thrasher ; set of three eggs from 

 nest in a small bush. The 9 made a great 

 fuss when disturbed. 



Yellow-billed Cuckoo ; found a nest con- 

 taining one fresh egg, and another two half- 

 fledged young. 



Wilson's Thrush ; took a set of four eggs 

 and one of the Cowbird. The \'iery does not 



breed here as commonly as the Wood Thrush. 

 Took one egg of the latter. 



May 27. Wilson's Thrush, three eggs, and 

 Catbird four eggs. H. Allis shot a $ Myrtle 

 Warbler, but we failed to find the nest, if 

 there was one. 



May 31. Wood Thrush; set of four fresh 

 eggs. This Thrush is a most exquisite song- 

 ster, particularly in rainy weather, when his 

 clear, ringing notes seem to be far sweeter. 



June 5. L Claire Wood and I went col- 

 lecting in Chestnut Ridge. Took a set of 

 five Bluebird eggs from a hollow jjost. Wood 

 killed a very large Woodchuck in the woods. 



Scarlet Tanager ; found a nest in an iron- 

 wood tree, 16 feet up, containing four incu- 

 bated eggs. Claire shot the $ and ? . The 

 nest was extremely fragile. The Tanager 

 breeds very rarely here, the only other nest 

 I know of being one Mr. Wood took on 

 Belle Isle on June 12, 1887, with one egg. 



Red-shouldered Hawk ; a nest in a tall 

 oak tree, containing three young. The nest 

 contained two snakes. 



Crow ; found a nest with four large young 

 nearly ready to fly. I took one home with 

 me and it remained till .August, 1S92, when 

 it died. 



June 8. Wood and I went out to High- 

 land Park. Took a set of four spotted eggs 

 of the Wilson's Thrush, and 3 Catbirds. 

 Shot two Woodcock in a swamp, and two 

 Scarlet Tanagers, $ Redstart, Yellow-billed 

 Cuckoo, Ovenbird, Wood Phoebe, Vesper 

 Sparrow, Brown Thrasher, etc., in the woods. 



June 10. Went collecting on Grassy Island 

 in the Detroit River, with the Wood brothers. 

 We collected 68 Marsh Wren, 36 Florida 

 Gallinules, one set of Eight Horned Grebe, 

 three sets of Black Terns, two of three and 

 one of two ; and one set of one Red-winged 

 Blackbird. We had hard work getting them, 

 as the sharp reeds cut our legs and bodies 

 up badly. 



June 12. We went down to the marshes 

 again and had splendid success, getting fifty 

 Gallinule, 35 Coots, 40 Marsh Wrens, 76 



