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(12) Red-winged Blackbird — Age- 

 laius phoenicous. Common on twenty- 

 eight days and numerous nests found 

 tliroughout ttie country whereever 

 swampy and marshy grounds were lo- 

 cated. 



(13) American Crow — Corvus bra- 

 chyrhynchos. Present on fifteen days 

 and usually quite common. Two nests 

 were located in a small swamp in 

 southern Bloomfield in immense elms 

 about sixty feet from the ground. 



(14) Flicker — Colaptes auratus lu- 

 teus. Present on seventeen days and 

 fifteen nests were located all of which 

 contained completed sets in an advanc- 

 ed stage of incubation. 



(15) Purple Grackle — Quiscalus 

 quiscula. Present on twelve days and 

 on most of these days were quite com- 

 mon. Two nests were located in a 

 pine near Bloomfield Centre. 



(16) Chipping Sparrow ^ Spizella 

 passerina. Common on sixteen days. 

 Five nests located, each of which con- 

 tained broods of four and five fledg- 

 lings. 



(17) Junco — Junco hyemalis. One 

 of this species appeared on the 1st 

 day. 



(18) Barn Swallow — Hirundo exy- 

 throgastra. Common on twenty-one 

 days and two nests located with si.'C 

 eggs in each in old barns near the 

 northern limits of the county. 



(19) Grasshopper Sparrow — Ammo- 

 dramus savannarum australis. Pres- 

 ent on three days in the northern part 

 of the county. On each of these days 

 a single nest was located containing 

 uncompleted sets. 



(201 Yellow Warbler — Dendroica 

 aestiva. Common on twenty-one days 

 and numerous nests were located, all 

 of which contained eggs well advanc- 

 ed in incubation. 



(21) Pine Warbler — Dendroica vig- 

 orsi. One individual of this species 

 on the 2d. 



(22) Wilson Thrush — Hylocichla 

 fuscesons. Present on six days. No 

 nests located this year, but in prior 

 years usually one or two were found in 

 isolated spots in this county. 



(23) Spotted Sandpiper — Actitis 

 macularia. Present on sixteen days on 

 Newark Meadows and when present 

 were usually very abundant. 



(24) Catbird- — ^Dumetella carolinen- 

 sis. Present and common on eleven 

 days. Three nests with young found 

 in Branch Brook Park. 



(2.5) Black and White Warbler— 

 Mniotilla varia. Found en four days. 

 Quite common on the eleventh. 



(26) Least Flycatcher — Empidonax 

 minimus. Common on fourteen days. 

 Four nests located in maple saplings 

 containing in each case a completed 

 set of four eggs well along in incuba- 

 tion. 



(27) Cedar Waxwing — Bombycilla 

 cedrorum. Present in small flocks on 

 the 2d, 15th, 19th and 28th. 



(28) Field Sparrow — ^Spizella pusll- 

 la. Common on nine days and twenty- 

 seven nests located in hedgerows in 

 numerous places about the county. 

 Some contained young four or five days 

 old and others eggs which had just 

 been laid. 



(29) Chimney Swift — Chaetura pel 

 agica. Present in goodly numbers on 

 fifteen days, and two nests were lo- 

 cated containing freshly laid eggs in 

 several house chimneys. 



(30) Tree Swallow — Iridoprocne 

 bicolor. Common on fifteen davs but 

 no nests found this year where they 

 have heretofore been located. 



(31) Killdeer — Oxyechus vociferus. 

 Present on the 2d, 3d, 5th, 13th and 

 15th. Quite common on the 13th. 



(32) Yellow Palm Warbler— Den- 

 droica palmarum hypochrysea. One 

 of this species appeared on the 3d. 



(33) Blue Jay — Cyanocitta crista- 

 ta. Common on ten days. No nests 



