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E. H. Kiiapp, looking for birds, we were driven by a shower to 

 shelter under a shed near our depot. Sitting on top of the vSandy 

 River cars we could overlook the intervale and we soon became 

 interested in the antics of a pair of Meadow Larks, which to all ap- 

 pearance were feeding young, flying out on to a piece of ground 

 where the grass was mown and catching insects, then returning to 

 the location of the nest. After the shower, we having marked the 

 place where we thought the nest was, we went down on the inter- 

 vale, and I, standing on the edge of a strip of grass which had not 

 been mown, directed Mr. Knapp as to where he should go. The nest 

 he found was about five rods from where I stood. I went up and 

 looked at it. The nest contained no young, but had one egg which 

 had not hatched, which the female had, no doubt, been trying to 

 hatch, but was no good. The nest was as large as a two-quart dip- 

 per, arched over at the top like a dipper, stood upon its side, mouth 

 toward you. There was an arched path two feet long to the nest, 

 also a place a foot square near nest where the grass had been 

 tramped down by the alighting of either the male as he brought 

 food to the female, or by both birds. To find a nest it wants two 

 persons. First locate the nest as nearly as possible; let one person 

 go and try and find it, being directed by the second person as to 

 how far right or left to go. If this plan was carried out I think more 

 Lark's nests would be found. The Meadow Larks have been very 

 common here this summer, more so than usual. — H. W. Jewell. 



Something Interesting About a Nighthawk. — I saw a 

 Nighthawk sitting on the branch of an elm tree near a creek one 

 night. The bird uttered its cry about six times while sitting on the 

 limb of the tree. After doing this the bird flew away into the air, 

 being gone only a short time, returning to the same place from 

 whence it started. These notes were uttered six times three differ- 

 ent times, sometimes before flying. — H. W. Jewell. , 



Doves Nesting in Trees. — Several pairs of Doves (domes- 

 ticated) have raised broods in nests built in maple shade trees here 

 at Farmington, Me., several seasons. — H. W. Jeivcll. 



