DELAWARE VALLEY ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. 17 



ten to about the center of the field and was trying to locate one 

 of the singers when a bird shot up almost from under my feet. 

 I marked the spot and followed up the bird to identify it beyond 

 all doubt, although I was so close when it took wing that I could 

 see distinctly the reddish back and greenish head. Close obser- 

 vation with the field-glass proved it to be a Henslow, so I 

 retraced my steps to the spot from whence it had taken wing, 

 and to ray delight there was the nest and five eggs. The nest 

 (now in my collection) was placed upon the ground among the 

 thick grass which was not arched above it. 



I was told about a nest, containing thi'ee eggs, that a bird 

 had built in the strawberry patch and had deserted, probably 

 on account of its being so near the lane where the wagon 

 was frequently passing. It proved to be a Spotted Sandpiper's 

 nest, and was scarcely more than a hollow in the ground, 

 lined with next to nothing, placed among the strawberry vines. 

 Later in the day, while passing the strawberry-patch, I flushed 

 a Spotted Sandpiper from a nest and four eggs. This nest was 

 similarly placed in a strawberry row, and only about twenty 

 yards from the abandoned nest. When I flushed the bird from 

 the nest she flew out across the strawberry rows with tail spread 

 and the feathers on the head raised in a pronounced crest. 



The note of the Red-headed Woodpecker was a characteristic 

 sound, and Downy Woodpeckers and Flickers were much in 

 evidence. 



A Tree Swallow had a nest in the trunk of an old apple tree, 

 and Black and White Warblers came to the shade trees near the 

 house. 



One Little Green Heron, one Hummingbird, a pair of Tufted 

 Titmice, and a family of Carolina Chickadees were found. 



A trip to the scrub-oak woods on the back of the place added 

 the Chewink and Ovenbird to the list; Cardinals, Indigobirds, 

 Chats and Yellow Warblers frequented the alder thickets ; the 

 orchard harbored Bluebirds, House Wrens and Crested Fly- 

 catchers; Plioebes and Kingbirds ornamented numerous fence 

 posts; Wood Pewees and Red-eyed Vireos sang from the shade 

 trees; Barn Swallows circled over the fields; the sky seemed 

 filled with Swifts and Martins, and Goldfinches dipped here 



