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blown down. As far as examined the nests contained three 

 eggs and three at least had Purple Crackles nesting in their 

 sides. 



A pair of Night Hawks were flushed from a plowed field, and 

 first one and then the other would fly a few feet and silently 

 float back to the ground. We could approach within ten feet 

 as they sat on a clod. There was a marked difference in the 

 brilliancj' of their plumage. Going back to the launch, I rested 

 while the crew rowed off to a bar to dig .some clams. In an 

 hour they returned quite excited over two white birds that had 

 "growled" or "snarled" at them as they passed a mud flat. 

 Returning with them I found a dozen Greater Yellowlegs, a 

 flock of Least Sandpipers and some undetermined Sandpipers, 

 along with the white birds which proved to be Forster's Terns. 



The morning of May 15th I drove a few miles back into the 

 country. Here I saw and heard several Prairie Warblers in a 

 rather open pine clearing. A Summer Tanager flew across the 

 road ahead of my team, and I saw a single Mockingbird. Red- 

 starts and Black-and-white Warblers and Vesper Sparrows were 

 also noted, the last named apparently not a common bird in 

 lower Sussex Count}'. 



Several Henslow's Sparrows were seen in an open clearing — 

 part of an old C3'press swamp as laid down on ancient maps of 

 the district. As we returned I noted the only Blue-gray Gnat- 

 catcher of the trip. 



My entire list observed at Millshoro on this trip was seventy- 

 three. All of these would seem to be breeders in this vicinity ex- 

 cept the Loon, Least Sandpiper, Greater Yellowlegs, Black-poll 

 Warbler, Wilson's Thrush and possibly the Redstart which, 

 however, passes the summer in the Choptank river-bottom on 

 the western border of the state and may breed here also. 



Among the sppcics observed along the bay, and not previously 

 mentioned, were the Sharp-tailed and Seaside Finches, Fish 

 Crow and Bittern. 



The scarcity of littoral species was noticable, but I am con- 

 fident that the localit}' is a good one for "beach birds" on 

 favorable days, as it is the first landing place for birds that cross 

 Delaware Bay from the New Jersey coast. 



