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lit together and struck out for that 

 locality. A brislc wailc brouglit me to 

 the locality about eleven o'clock, for it 

 was a good eight miles from town, and 

 I begun my search. 



One of the birds was seen on a tall 

 dead pine over a pigsty on the edge of 

 this tract, but a careful search failed 

 to show a likely looking hole in any 

 of the trees, so I crossed over on the 

 north side of the stream, and began 

 searching carefully among the dead 

 pine stumps. I had hardly gone a hun- 

 dred yards before I spied another Red- 

 cockaded Woodpecker on a tall dead 

 pine in a small clearing, and just 

 above the bird a likely looking hole. 

 "With difficulty I reached the base of 

 the tree, for a dense thicket covered 

 the clearing and it was almost impos- 

 sible to pass through on account of 

 the thorns on the Cherokee rose and 

 Islackberry vines. 



Strapping on my climbers I was 

 soon at the cavity, twenty-one feet 

 from the ground, and by removing the 

 front I found the nest contained two 

 well-incubated eggs, nest stained and 

 laid on a small quantity of pithy pine 

 chips. The bird was very shy while 

 1 was at the nest and stayed a consid- 

 erable distance, now and then utter- 

 ing their short, shrill, and very clear 

 ■note. 



The birds are extremely active in 

 their movements and very difficult to 

 observe for the reason that they al- 

 ways keep the tree trunk between 

 themselves and the observer, as well 

 as keeping to the tops of the tallest 

 trees. 



The two eggs taken from the nest 

 mentioned above, measure: .87x69 

 and .91 x 69 inches, and are very glos- 

 sy. Pinlay Simmons. 

 Houston, Texas. 



The Henslow's Sparrow A Summer 

 Resident in Central Pennsylvania. 



(Passerherbulus h. henslowi.) 



During early May, 1913, Mr. R. C. 

 Harlow and I made a visit to a moun- 

 tain valley on the northern border of 

 Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania. 

 One morning as we tramped along a 

 road bordering a low, boggy pasture 

 field, Mr. Harlow discovered the pres- 

 ence of a Henslow's Sparrow as it ut- 

 tered its peculiar notes while perched 

 on a tall weed. 



May 23d, we returned to this field 

 and made a search for the nest. The 

 Sparrows were there and flitted about 

 in the grass, but were unable to find 

 their nest. 



On the evening of the day follow- 

 ing we again went to this field and, 

 with long switches, beat over the 

 clumps of grass quite thoroughly. 

 Just about dusk I fiushed one of the 

 Sparrows from a tuft of grass, but 

 failed to see a nest. However, I hid 

 myself nearby and saw the bird re- 

 turn. Upon my hurrying up to the 

 spot she flittered from the nest and 

 secluded herself in the grass near at 

 hand. 



The nest held five slightly incubat- 

 ed eggs and was composed of soft 

 blades of swamp grass, being lined 

 with fine grass stems. It was placed 

 on a deep clump of grass and was 

 slightly arched over. This bordered 

 on a slight, damp depression in the 

 ground, and was about thirty feet 

 above a small swamp. 



One week later Mr. David E. Hai'- 

 rower and I visited this valley and I 

 was fortunate enough to locate a sec- 

 ond pair of these sparrows. They 

 were in a low, wet field about one- 

 half mile from the preceding field. 

 After we had spent several hours in 

 careful search for the nest Mr. nar- 

 rower was so fortunate as to locate a 

 second one. On this day, which was 



