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3-4. Nest placed in an oak about 8 

 feet from the ground, made of weed- 

 stalks and wool, lined with grass. 

 Eggs fresh. 



May 31, 1897. — Summer Tanager, 

 3-3. Xest of weed-stalks, wool and jes- 

 samine vines, lined with long grass 

 stems, placed in an oak, about 20 feet 

 from the ground. Eggs fresh. 



June 5, 1897.— Red-eyed Vireo, 6-3. 

 Xest of chips of rotten wood and 

 spider-webs, lined with strips of bark, 

 placed in the fork of an oak limb, 

 about 8 feet from the ground. Incu- 

 bation slight. 



June 10, 1897. — Summer Tanager, 

 4-3. Xest of weed-stalks, lined with 

 long grass stems, placed in an oak, 

 about 18 feet from the ground. Eggs 

 fresh. 



June 11, 1897. — ^Summer Tanager, 



5-3. Xest of weed-stalks and bits of 



cotton string, lined with long pieces 



of grass, placed in an oak, about 10 



feet from the ground. Incubation 

 slight. 



April 25, 1898.— Cardinal, 9-3. Xest 

 of beech-leaves, strips of bark and jes- 

 samine vines, lined with fine grasses, 

 placed in a bunch of briers about 7 

 feet from the ground. Eggs fresh. 



April 26, 1898.— White-eyed Vireo, 

 2-4. Xest placed in the fork of a dog- 

 wood limb, about two feet high, made 

 of moss, reed-leaves fine strips of bark 

 and si)ider webs. Eggs fresh. 



April 30, 1898.— White-eyed Vireo, 

 3-4. Xest of moss reedleaves and 

 strips of bark, lined with fine grasses, 

 placed in the fork of a holly bush 

 about two feet from the ground. Eggs 

 fresh. 



April 30, 1898.— Field Sparrow, 2-3. 

 Xest of fine grasses and fine weed- 

 stalks, lined with finer grass, placed 

 in a small cedar about 12 inches from 

 the ground. Eggs fresh. 



May 3, 1898.- White-eyed Vireo, 4-4. 

 Nest placed in a fork of gum limb, 

 20 Inches from the ground, made of 

 bits of rotten wood, moss and leaves, 

 lined with fine grasses. Eggs fresh. 



May 10, 1908.— Field Sparrow, 5-4. 

 Xest of fine wood-stalks and fine 



grasses, lined with finer grass, placed 

 in a small pine bush, about 8 inches 

 from the ground. Eggs fresh. 



May 14, 1898.- Field Sparrow, 6-4. 

 Nest of fine grasses, weed-stalks and 

 fine roots, lined with horse hair, plac- 

 ed in a small pine bush, near the 

 ground. Incubation begun. 



May 16, 1898.— White-eyed Vireo, 

 3-3. Xest of moss, fine bark and 

 leaves, lined with fine grasses, plac- 

 ed in the fork of a gum limb, about 

 22 inches from the ground. Eggs 

 fresh. 



May 21, 1898.— Red-eyed Vireo, 7-3. 

 Xest placed in the fork of maple limb, 

 about G feet from the ground, made of 

 strips of bark bits of rotten-wood, 

 pine straw and spider-webs. Eggs 

 fresh. 



May 28, 1898.— Red-eyed Vireo, 8-3. 

 Nest of fine strips of bark, leaves, 

 grasses and moss, lined with fine 

 strips of bark, placed in the fork of an 

 oak limb, about 8 feet from the ground. 

 Eggs fresh. 



May 31, 1898.— Red-eyed Vireo, 9-3. 

 Nest of bits of bark, leaves and spid- 

 er-webs, lined with fine grasses and 

 strips of grapevine bark, placed in 

 the fork of a gum limb, about 10 feet 

 from the ground. Eggs fresh. 

 Portlock, Norfolk Co., Virginia. 



May 16, 1904.— Field Sparrow, 7-4. 

 Nest placed 8 inches from the ground, 

 in small gallberry bushes, in thicket, 

 about 35 feet from a road, made of 

 fine grasses and weed-stalks, lined 

 with very fine grasses and horse-tail 

 hair; sizes as follows: .58 x .49; .65 

 X .49; .58 x .47; .57 x .48. Incubation 

 slight. 



May 16, 1904.— Field Sparrow. S-4. 

 Nest placed 9 inches up in small gall- 

 be'Tv bushes in thicket, made of grass 

 and weed-stalks, lined with very fine 

 grasses and horse-tail hair; eggs 

 measure as follows: .61 x .51; .65 x 

 .48; .63 X .51; .63 x .50. Eggs fresh. 



May 16, 1904.— Field Sparrow, 1-5. 

 Nest of grasses and fine weed-stalks, 

 lined with very fine grasses and horse- 

 tail liair, iilaced 2 inches off the 

 ground in jessamine vines standing be- 

 tween small stream, bordered by 

 marsh, and freshly i)lougheil field, 

 nest only two feet from small foot- 

 path; eggs measure as follows: .57 

 x .49; .58 x .48; .57 x .48; .57 x .46; 

 .59 X .11. Incubation slight. 



