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May 26, 1908— Nest of Wood Thrush. 

 25 feet from ground in crotch of box 

 elder tree. Contained 3 eggs of Cow- 

 bird, 2 of Wood Thrush. 



May 26, 1908— Nest of Wood 

 Thrush. 7 feet from ground in small 

 bush. Contained 3 Cowbird eggs, none 

 of Wood Thrush. 



June 3, 1908— Nest of Wood Thrush, 

 10 feet from ground in crotch of box 

 elder tree. Containea 1 Cowbird egg, 

 3 Wood Thrush eggs. 



June 11, 1908— Nest of Yellow Warb- 

 ler. 3% feet from ground in coral 

 berry bushes. Contained 5 Warbler 

 eggs and one Cowbird's egg which 

 had been covered up in the bottom of 

 nest leaving the top partly exposed. 



June 29, 1908— Nest of Wood 

 Thrush, 6 feet from ground in bush. 

 Contained 5 Cowbird eggs, none of 

 Vv'ood Thrush. Below the nest on the 

 ground was one broken egg of the 

 Wood Thrush, and one broken Cow- 

 bird egg. 



May 20, 1909— Nest of Phoebe, un- 

 der bridge. Found the remains of 

 Phoebe's and Cowbird's eggs directly 

 beneath freshly built nest. 



May 26, 1909— Nest of Wood Thrush. 

 5 feet up in bushes. Contained 2 Cow- 

 bird eggs, 1 Wood Thrush egg. Be- 

 neath the nest was the remains of an 

 additional Thrush's egg. 



May 25, 1910— Nest of Brown 

 Thrasher, 5 feet up in crotch of haw- 

 thorne. Contained 1 Cowbird egg, 2 

 Brown Thrasher eggs. Beneath nest 

 was the remains of another Thrasher's 

 egg. 



May 8, 1912— Nest of Phoebe. 20 

 feet from ground under projecting 

 roof of barn. Contained 1 Cowbird 

 egg, 2 Phoebe's eggs. 



May 13, 1912— Nest of Cardinal. 31/2 

 feet up in vines along river. Con- 

 tained 3 Cowbird eggs, 1 egg of Cardi- 

 nal Beneath nest was a perfect egg 

 of Cardinal unbroken. 



June 5, 1912 — Nest of Towhee. On 

 ground at base of a small hawthorne 

 sprout. Contained 3 Cowbird eggs, 2 

 Towhee eggs. 



May 6, 1914— Nest of Towhee. On 

 ground at foot of large ash heap. Con- 

 tained 4 Cowbird eggs, 3 Towhee's 

 eggs. One of the Towhee's eggs was 

 slightly pecked and outside of nest 

 on ground, probably done by Cowbird. 



May 15, 1914— Nest of Brown 

 Thrasher, 5 feet up among small 

 branches of hawthorne. Contained 1 

 Cowbird egg, 4 Brown Tlirasher's 

 eggs. 



May 25, 1914— Nest of Yellow Warb- 

 ler, 3 feet up in coral berry bush. Con- 

 tained 1 Cowbird egg only, partially 

 imbedded. Later, 5 Warbler eggs and 

 one more Cowbird's egg were added. 



June 2, 1914— Nest of Bell's Vireo. 

 2 feet above ground on end of a limb 

 of hawthorne. Contained 2 Cowbird 

 eggs in nest, and one in perfect con- 

 dition on ground below nest. Previ- 

 ous to this visit, on May 29th, this 

 nest contained one egg of the Vireo, 

 which was missing on June 2nd. 



June 6, 1914— Nest of Wood Thrush. 

 Contained 3 Cowbird's eggs, 1 Wood 

 Thrush egg. The Cowbird's eggs were 

 nearly ready to hatch, while the Wood 

 Thrush's egg was comparatively 

 fresh. 



Evening Grosbeake 



Pittsfield, Maine, Dec. 7, 1918. 

 The Evening Grosbeaks are again 

 reported in Maine (Oxford County). 

 Last spring they were said to have re- 

 mained until nearly June. This 

 species is rather uncertain in its 

 visits, the winter of 1899-1890 was one 

 in which it was reported from practi- 

 cally all of New England, being first 

 reported in December 1889; more par- 

 ticularly in January, February and 

 March 1890, and when an adult male 

 was taken at Orono Feb. 28, 1890, also 



