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23. Chaetura pelagica. Chimney Swift. Two pairs nested in the 

 chimney to the farm house every year. 



24. Tyrdnnus tyrannus. Kingbird. Common breeder. After the 

 young leave the nest they spend their time on the fences and telephone 

 wires. At this season they appear to be the most conspicuous birds of 

 the region. Nests in groves, in the willows along the swamps, on fence 

 posts, and even in machinery left in the fields. June 26, 1910, a nest 

 was found in a large maple tree along the road. 



25. Sayornis phoehe. Phoebe. One pair nested in 1910 and 1911 

 under a small wooden culvert in the road in front of the farm. 



RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD'S NEST 



Containing Two Cowbird"s Eggs 



26. Octocoris alpestris praticola. Prairie Horned Lark. Nests abun- 

 dantly. Two broods are generally raised. The first nests are built in 

 pastures and the second ones almost invariably in the corn fields at the 

 base of a hill of corn. I have found as many as ten in a thirty-acre 

 field. 



27. Cyanocitta cristata crisfata. Blue Jay. A common bird in the 

 neighboring towns, but not often found in the groves. One or two 

 nests have been found in the region covered by the paper. One nest 

 built in an old apple tree and one in a maple grove. 



