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second sets are from the same pairs 

 of birds. The one of four set, are 

 the largest eggs of the the Redttails 

 I have ever taken, measuring 2.43x 

 196; 2.42x1.97; 2.40x1.97; 2.30x1.90. 

 The second sets of same birds are 

 just a little smaller. 



With me, I consider three eggs the 

 most common and a set of four quite 

 rare. Have seen the set of five col- 

 lected by Mr. Price and they are O. K. 

 RAY DENSMORE. 



Some Summer Residents. 

 (Montgomery Co., Pa.) 



June 3rd of the present year found 

 me in the field looking up some nests. 

 As the day proved a rather productive 

 one, I will endeavor to recall some 

 of its revelations. 



On leaving home I struck across 

 some fields and was soon in an old 

 apple orchard. Here in a Flicker's 

 hole was a nest of the Bluebird with 

 5 eggs. In various trees were discov- 

 ered numerous nests of the Robin, 

 mostly containing young. A little 

 farther on, a Flicker leaves a nest in 

 an old apple tree, and on investiga- 

 tion, 6 eggs are found. This seems 

 rather late as of several other nests ex- 

 amined, all have young. 



Leaving the orchard, I pass by a 

 pair of Sparrow Hawks and their five 

 young and come to a hole in an old 

 scyamore stub. From this I flush a 

 Red-headed Woodpecker. I judged it 

 to have eggs, though I did not inves- 

 tigate. All about are flying Barn 

 Swallows and Chimney Swifts and the 

 Grackles are already gathering in 

 small flocks; many crows and a few 

 of Ossifragus. Near an old farmhouse 

 a nest of the House Wren is discover- 

 ed with 7 eggs. 



A short walk now brings me to a 

 creek with a number of overhanging 

 willow trees. Here a pair of Wood Pe- 

 wees are discovered gathering lichens 



and by watching them a nest is found 

 upon a dead limb, overhanging the 

 water. A walk up the creek shows 

 numerous Yellow-billed Cuckoos and 

 one or two Black-billed. Here an 

 Indigo-bird flushes from a blackberry 

 bush and a nest is found with 4 eggs. 

 In a tree overhanging the water an 

 Acadian Flycatcrer's nest is found 

 with 3 eggs. In a patch of briars I 

 found a Cardinal's nest with 3 eggs 

 and two Chat's nests, both with 4 

 eggs. Several Song Sparrow's nests 

 are found with 4 or 5 eggs. Now, we 

 see a low damp woods, and in cross- 

 ing it an Ovenbird flushes, revealing 

 a nest with 5 eggs. Among the birds 

 attracted by the cries of the Oven- 

 birds are a pair of Kentucky Warblers. 

 By watching them through my binoc- 

 ulars, their own treasure is detected, 

 a beautiful nest with 5 eggs at the 

 base of a small bush. 



In a different woods, another Ken- 

 tucky' nest is found with 3 eggs and 

 one of the Cowbird. In this same 

 woods, Blue-winged Warblers, Yellow 

 Warblers and Tufted Titmice are 

 rather common. 



We now strike off across the fields 

 for home, but pause at a swamp to 

 observe a Maryland Yellow-throat's 

 nest with 5 eggs. Numerous Red- 

 wing's nests with 3 and 4 eggs are 

 found and one nest of the Meadow 

 Lark with 4 eggs. 



In an old orchard two nests of the 

 Crested Flycatcher were found, both 

 with 5 eggs, while several nests were 

 found of the Catbird and Wood 

 Thrush, all with eggs. These, how- 

 ever, were not found in the orchard. 

 Later on, I found a Rough-winged 

 Swallow's nest with 6 eggs in an old 

 Kingfisher's hole. A few Chipping and 

 Field Sparrows are found with young 

 and I arrived home tired, but well 

 satisfied with my day's record. 



R. C. HARLOW. 



