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JOURNAL OF MAINE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



May 5 ; 1896. April 24 ; 1897, April 25 ; 

 1898, April 2.'); 1899, April 29, one 

 seen. Next seen April 30 and became 

 common May 6. Last seen September 

 7; 1897, September 2; 1898, September 

 8. The earliest date of nesting I have 

 is May 28, 1893, nest containing five 

 fresh eggs. The nest was composed of 

 mud and straws lined with hens' feathers 

 and a few horsehairs, built against a 

 rafter in the top of an old barn. The 

 eggs measure .78 x .56. .77 x .54, .76 

 X .56, .76 X .54, .74 x .55 in. The 

 latest date I have found fresh eggs is 

 June 24, 1890, two nests of four eggs 

 each. 



TKEE SWALLOW. 



Fairly common summer resident. I 

 have the following dates of the arrival 

 of this species. 1882, May 3; 1893, 

 April 27; 1894, March 19; 1895, April 

 18; 1896, May 3; 1897, April 19; 1898, 

 May 7; 1899, April 22, twelve were 

 seen. Next seen April 23 and became 

 common April 27. Last seen Sept. 7 

 The earliest date I have found fresh 

 eggs is May 30. 1893, four eggs, and 

 the latest June 6, 1891 at Lisbon Centre, 

 six eggs. The nest was situated in a 

 hole, about seven feet high, in an old 

 apple tree, composed of straws, lined 

 with hens' feathers. The eggs measure 

 .78 X .53, .76 x .54, .76 x .54, .75 x 

 .54, .75 X .53, .74 x .53 in. Another 

 set of four measures .72 x .52, .70 x .52, 

 .69 X .52, .6!) X .52 in. 



BANK SWALLOW. 



Abundant summer resident. This 

 species breeds by hundreds in a hank on 

 an island in the Androscoggin river near 

 Lisbon Centre. This year I did not see 

 them till May 27, but they were building 



at that time. May 29, 1889, is the ear- 

 liest date 1 have found sets and June 24, 

 1890, the latest. B'rom four to seven 

 eggs are the number laid in a set here, 

 but five is the usual number and I have 

 only found one set of seven. The nests 

 are situated at the end of a hole in a 

 sand bank from two to four feet deep, 

 and composed of sticks, grass loots and 

 pine needles, sometimes with a few hens' 

 feathers for a lining. A set of five eggs 

 collected May 30, 1889, measure .69 x 

 .52, .69 X .51, .68x.51, .67x.51, .65 x 

 .51 in. A set of seven partly incubated 

 eggs collected June 1, 1881, measure 

 .74X.51, .70X.51, .69 X .49, .69 x 

 .49, .69 X .49, .68 x .49, .67 x .51 in. 

 A third set taken May 30, 1890 contains 

 four eggs sparsely spotted with dark 

 brown. They measure .74 x .49, .74 x 

 .47. .74 X .46, .74 x .46 in. I have 

 seen a number of eggs with spots on 

 them, but they will wash off with water. 



THE THRUSH FAMILY. 

 Wilson's thrush. 



Common summer resident. First 

 seen this year May 7, when five birds 

 were seen and it Avas common from that 

 time. Saw a pair building May 30, and 

 June 7 there were three eggs in the nest, 

 which was composed of leaves, straws, 

 twigs and fine roots, lined with dry 

 leaves, situated on the ground at the 

 foot of a small tree in a small piece of 

 woods. June 18, I found another nest 

 composed of coarse weed-stalks, leaves 

 and strips of bark, lined with fine lOots 

 and pine needles, situated one foot up 

 in an alder bush. Nest in bushes near 

 railroad and contained three eggs. 

 This species seemed to be very common 

 this summer. It was last seen Oct. 1st. 



