134 Till- Wilson r.ULLETix— No. 57. 



I'onsauken Creek, New Jersey. May 28, 11)05. I found a Yellow 

 NN'arhler's nest to-day whicli contained four youni? birds. The nest 

 was placed in the crotch of a willow bush five feet from the ground. 

 In another crotch of the same bush, on almost the same level — about 

 four feet and six inches up — and only forty-six inches in actual 

 measurement away was a Cardinal's nest, also containing four young 

 birds of al)out the same age as the Yellow Warbler's. They were 

 very close neiiilibors and apparently were living in harmony with 

 each other. Would the warblers have nested as close to any other 

 species? Ac-cording to my observations the Cardinal seems to be -i 

 very peaceable bird. I once caged a male Cardinal with a female 

 Red-winged Blackbird, and although he had a good weapon in his 

 thick beak he, from the first, let her have her way, even to the ex- 

 tent of taking food away from him. and sex seemed to have nothing 

 to do with it. Chreswell J. Hunt. 



[Here at Oberlin a Robin had built her nest in a cozy nook in an 

 evergreen tree and had brought the three eggs almost to the hatching 

 point when a pair of English Sparrows decided that they must have 

 that spot. War was declared and waged fiercely for three days, one 

 or the other liobin remaining on the nest during the battle. A truce 

 must have been agreed upon, for the sparrows proceeded to build 

 their trashy nest upon the same branch, so close to the Robin's nest 

 that they actually used one side of the Robin's nest for theirs. In 

 due course the young sparrows appeared, and both families lived on 

 peaceable terms during the week which the young Robins remained 

 after the hatching of the sparrows. The impudence of the sparrows 

 was certainly typical. — Ed.] 



Decrease of Icteridae in North-eastern Iowa. In the Upper Mis- 

 sissippi Valley the influence which the Landshark has upon the migra- 

 tion of man into the Dakotas and Manitoba is apparent to all. There 

 may be a close connection between this great migration of mankind 

 and the paucity of blackbird life seen this autumn. In this locality, 

 where flocks of blackbirds numbering at least thousands of individu- 

 als were seen no longer than three years ago, this fall there was seen 

 one small flock containing ten Rusty Blackbirds, and another com- 

 pany of about 300. And of Bronzed Grackles one was seen at one 

 time and four at another. During migration a year ago these species 

 were not numerous at this place. Althea R. Sherman. 



A Venturesome Nuthatch. For several days past, just at 1 

 o'clock p. m., a White-breasted Nuthatch has flown into my yard, 

 perched on the sill of my neighbor's pantry window', crawled in 

 through the slit in the bottom of the double window, and helped him- 

 self to the butter and cheese. It usually brings out a small piece 

 of Initter or cheese, but one day made off with a piece of cheese as 



