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situation closely, and it appeared that he went to fly through this 

 dense growth and got caught up in the vines, and in the struggle 

 got his head caught in the forks of the bush. He had not been 

 dead more than a few hours apparently. 



J. M. Swain. 

 Farmington, Ma}^ 10, 1908. 



Song Sparrow with an Undeveloped Song. — A Song 

 Sparrow, whose song was only about half developed, has come back 

 into our neighborhood now for two consecutive years. He begins to 

 sing like the other Sparrows at first, but when about half done the 

 voice breaks and the remainder of the song is a very mixed-up mess, 

 which is very noticeable. 



H. W. Jewell. 



Farmington, May i, 1908. 



Martin with Crossed Bill. — A Martin lived for several 

 years in a Martin house here at Farmington, having the bill crossed 

 like the Crossbill. That it caused him no inconvenience about eat- 

 ing was proved by the fact that he lived and came back each 5'ear to 

 the same place, and was seen by my father and other people. 



H. W. Jewell. 



Farmington, Maj^ i, 1908. 



Notes from Franklin County. — May 6th, while passing 

 through some scattered bushes, I paused for a short rest. As I was 

 about to start, I was very much startled by a Grouse flying up from 

 beneath me with a loud whir. I then discovered that I was standing 

 with one foot snug to a Grouse's nest. As is most usually the case, 

 the flight of the bird had scattered a few loose leaves over the eggs, 

 nearly concealing them from view. They were creamj^-white and 

 four in number. 



The main body of Warblers began to arrive here to-day. I 

 noted five species, the Magnolia, Black-throated Green, Black- 

 throated Blue, Nashville and the Ovenbird. 



