DELAWARE VALLEY ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. 29 



At Perldomcnville, situated on the Perkiomen Creek about 

 six miles from the Schuylkill, a careful search on three succes- 

 sive years, in July, failed to reveal the bird; while at a point 

 similarly located on the French Creek the same distance from 

 the river, there were several colonies. It is not strictly correct 

 to speak of these birds being in colonies, but I have never found 

 a single pair breeding in any place that I can recall. The 

 general character of the two localities above referred to were 

 very similar, and nearly all my lists taken at the two places 

 were similar, with the cxcei)tion of the Scarlet Tanager, which 

 I did not find on the French Creek. If on an ordinary trip the 

 non-appearance of this bird would merely indicate that it had 

 been overlooked; but I was at Perkiomen ville in each instance 

 for more than a week, and sought carefully for the bird over a 

 considerable area. 



Near Conshohocken, where I have made my most careful 

 investigations, it is only found in two places, one of which is 

 very close to the town; but I have never seen a bird in the town 

 proper. There are five fields in which they alternate as the 

 farmer alternates his crops. The birds of course choosing the 

 one planted in grass. None of these fields are more than two 

 hundred yards from a gun club, and many people are sure to 

 pass through everj' day, so it seems certain that the birds do 

 not look for quiet. These fields do not present the dry appear- 

 ance that has been described as the home of this species, 

 although most places where I have found them do. There are 

 in this location usually from four to six pairs nesting, but they 

 never build very close together. 



The other location is about a mile from town in a very 

 secluded piece of natural grass land, with a few scattered bushes 

 bordering on a small piece of woods. The birds on being flushed 

 will never fly to the woods. I have often tried to drive them 

 into the woods, but they will only approach to a certain dis- 

 tance, and then make a circuit back again. From a superficial 

 examination, these two localities are as different as they could 

 well be, and although there are many spots near Conshohocken 

 that are apparently exact duplicates of either of those above 

 described, I have never found the birds elsewhere. In one the 



