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the Pennypack Creek; the nest held 

 young. 



365 — Barn Owl; I observed by first 

 Barn Owl in this county on March 3d, 



1910, at Frankford, and, in June of 

 that year, at the same locality a man 

 captured a fledgling in a hollow willow 

 tree along Frankford Creek, which he 

 generously offered to sell to me for 

 only $8.50 and he seemed awfully put 

 out when I refused his liberal offer. 

 Like many other ignorant people, he 

 seemed to think the bird was very 

 valuable on account of its facial re- 

 semblance to our simian ancestors, 

 and called it monkey-faced Owl, its 

 common appellation; another name by 

 which it is sometimes called by these 

 ignoramuses is "Moon Owl" or Moon- 

 faced Owl." The Barn Owl is undoubt- 

 edly increasing in the vicinity of Phil- 

 adelphia. On my birthday, March 18, 



1911, 1 collected a set of four fresh 

 Barn Owl's eggs (a most welcome 

 birthday gift) in Deleware County 

 .iust across the Philadelphia County 

 line and I still entertain hopes of se- 

 curing a set in this county. The Barn 

 Owl, I learned too late, until quite re- 

 cently bred in the garret of the Alex- 

 ander Henry Public School building, 

 in Frankford, and were only driven 

 away when alterations to the build- 

 ing necessitated the closing of their 

 way of entrance into the dwelling. 

 However, the Barn Owl has been 

 found nesting in the southern part of 

 this county, by J. Harris Reed. 



393 — Hairy Woodpecker; I examin- 

 ed three half grown young in a nest 

 on May 17, 1911, at Holmesburg, and 

 know where young were raised dur- 

 ing the season at Frankford, Fox 

 Chase and Bustleton. This Wood- 

 pecker is beyond doubt increasing in 

 this vicinity, where it was once very 

 rare, as it is now frequently seen on 

 most trips a field. 



420 — Nighthawk; In Davie's "Nests 

 and Eggs of North American Birds" 

 fifth edition, page 286, we learn that 

 "a set of eggs in the cabinet of J. 

 Parker Norris was taken from the 

 gravel roof of a four-story building in 

 the center of Philadelphia." 



494 — Bobolink; A male was observ- 

 ed on June 17, 1910 at Hohnesburg, 

 in an upland field, but my efforts to 

 locate its nest were vain. 



587— Towhee; On May 24, 1911, I 

 collected a nest and four fresh eggs 

 at Rockledge, Mongomery County, 

 just across the Philadelphia county 

 line. I will yet succeed in finding a 

 nest of this bird, in this county, where 

 it is rare. 



659 — Worm-eating Warbler; There 

 is a nest in situ and set of eggs in the 

 Deleware Valley Ornithological collec- 

 tion that were collected on June 11, 

 1893, at Roxborough, by Mark L. C. 

 Wilde. 



676 — Louisiana Water Thrush; Sev- 

 eral nests were found by the late 

 Harry K. Jamison, along the Wissa- 

 hickon Creek, in Fairmont Park. 



677 — Kentucky Warbler. I found 

 my first nest in the county on .June 

 14, 1911, at Bustleton; it held four 

 young almost full fledged. 



731. Tufted Titmouse. Mr. R. C. 

 Harlow found a nest at Oak Lane, on 

 May 24, 1906, containing seven eggs 

 and one young bird. 



756. Veery. I have a hazy recollec- 

 tion of having read somewhere of a 

 nest with eggs being found at German- 

 town many ( ?) years ago, but cannot 

 recall where I read it. Certainly a rare 

 record, if true. 



I have heard of a set of Little Black 

 Rail's eggs having been taken many 

 years ago, on the marshes above 

 League Island, in South Philadelphia, 

 which is said to be in the collection of 

 a Florida ornithologist, but cannot 

 verify it. 



