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vary from the one just described. 



April 26th. Wood Duck; found a nest 

 of this speeies 50 feet up iu a natui'al 

 eavity of a dead pine tree and contain- 

 ed thirteen eggs, incubation advanced. 



April 29th. Ground Dove; two fresh 

 eggs, nest was in an orange tree 8 feet 

 up. A mere platform made of fine 

 grass placed at the extremity of a limb. 

 Fla. Blue Jay; four fresh eggs, nest was 

 in an orange tree 15 feet up composed 

 of the usual material. 



May 2ud. Ground Dove nest; on the 

 ground in an open ploughed field and 

 contained one young and one egg. 



May 2nd. Loggerhead Shi'ike; two 

 sets, one of five and one of six; all fresh. 

 Both nests were in orange trees about 8 

 feet up and were composed of the usual 

 material. Am. Sparrow Hawk; four 

 fresh eggs, incubation about one-half, 

 nest Avas in a natural cavitj^ in a green 

 pine fifty feet from the grouOfl. 



May 3rd. Brown-headed Nuthatch; 

 two nests, both were in pine stubs 6 

 feet up, lined with bits of wool and 

 pine mast. One nest contained four 

 3'oung and the other two fresh eggs. 

 This bird is verj- abundant in the fiat- 

 woods country and the nests are easily 

 found 1)3' tapping the stubs with a stick 

 and if the stumj) is inhabited the bird 

 will tiy oi;t. 



On my way home I found two young 

 Bitterns that had just left the nest. 



May 6tli. Florida Red-shoulder- 

 ed Hawk nest was in a piiu- 

 fifty feet up and c(Mitained two 

 young. The nest was about two feet in 

 diameter outside, .slightly hollowexl and 

 contained a few small green oak 

 binmches. There was another nest 

 near Ijy at)out 75 feet up which I could 

 not climb to and I am certain it con- 

 tained eggs as lK)th birds were sailing 

 around very much distressed. 



May 7th. Took a beautiful set of two 

 eggs, of the iSfight Hawk; the eggs were 

 laid on the gyound iu an orange grove. 



Maj-'-Sth. Brown-headed Nuthatch; 



found a set of four fresh eggs. The 

 nest was in a pine stub 6 feet up lined 

 with i)its of wool and rotten wood. 

 SaAv a "Loggerhead" building in a 

 green pine 30 feet up. 



May 24th. Took a fine set of seven- 

 teen Fla. Quail eggs. The nest w.as on 

 the ground well concealed imder a 

 bunch of wire grass. 



June 2nd. Great Crested Flycatcher 

 nest was in the hollow limb of an oak 

 10 feet up. In the mouth of the hole 

 were two pieces of snake skin about six 

 inches long; the nest contained four 

 fine eggs slighted incubated. 



June 5th. " Joree " White-eyed Tow- 

 hee; nest containing three young, 

 situated in a low bush. 



A Trip to Devil's Glen. 



On the morning of April 20th, the 

 writer, in company with two other 

 "bird cranks," as we were called, start- 

 ed on an eight mile tramp to a place 

 known as Devil's Glen, near Davenport, 

 Iowa. 



We were well loaded down with lug- 

 gage — two guns, ammunition, about 

 four knapsacks, lunches, canteens, field 

 glasses, and the many articles usually 

 accompan3ing the collector. 



After crossing a feAV pastures, we 

 struck a road that led us to Duck 

 Creek, which we were to follow to 

 Devil's Glen. The creek was surround- 

 ed on either side l)y open woods, Avliich 

 in season aifords abundant harvest for 

 the collector; but one has to travel 

 about three miles down the creek to get 

 beyond the bounds of the "mischievous 

 small boy," and the "great American 

 Egg Hog." 



As we i^roceed, keepingout of mud- 

 holes as best we can, we watch the tree- 

 tops, and listen to hear the voice of 

 some new bird arnival. We are sui"- 

 rouuded ])y Kiugti.shers, Baywinged 

 Buntings, Blue Jays, Robins, and manj- 

 other residents and early arrivals. 



