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percLiIiar Kar-nick note it uttered and protested all tlitr C 

 and Hawk nest robberies 1 committed within a radius of a half 

 a mile of its stand. I cannot say for certain whether it had a 

 mate in 1898 or not, althou<^h 1 did not note it about at the time; 

 but in\•esti,^ation failed to discover the male in 1899, and the 

 fact that 1 failed to take a set of eggs in the three years from 

 this section of the woods although all nests were examined, is 

 signiflc.mt. The male may have joined another female or as 

 it is highlv probable that they mate for life, he may have been 

 shot. The female was undoubtedly barren and to all appear- 

 ance insane. It had probably received some injury about the 

 brain, perhaps from a grain of shot. It was my intention to 

 have secured it for examination but as it was not in its haunts 

 in 1900, my opportunity had passed. 



Frank L. BL'RNS, "Beruyn, Pcnna. 



A WISCONSIN BIRD PARADISE. 



It was a beautiful afternoon the third week in Ma\-, 

 when a friend and myself rode out about forn' miles into the 

 country, tied our horse in a kindly farmer's yard and struck in- 

 to the woods. At the edge of the woods a Rose-breasted Gros- 

 beak was singing joyfully. We stood and looked at him for 

 several minutes. A few rods farther on a Scarlet Tanager flew 

 across our path and while 1 was looking at him my friend saw 

 the Ovenbird walking sedately down a log. We soon came t(j 

 a clearing, fringed around the edge with half grown maples 

 and poplars, with a grove of beautiful large maples in the cen- 

 ter. An old log house to one side with the dense woods all 

 around. It was an ideal spot for birds, and we looked and 

 looked and it seemed as if we could not admire it all enough. 

 While admiring the scenery a loud chip caused us to look 

 around, when we saw the Scarlet Tanager's beautiful mate. 

 She looked at us for a second, then flew up into a tree, and 

 upon following her with our eyes, saw she was perched beside 

 her brilliant mate. Later on I saw them building a nest 

 in an old dead tamarack tree in the dense woods. Following 

 an old grassy road we came to an old tumbled down log bridge. 



