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very scarce all spring, we were rattier surprised in making 

 as good a showing with these birds as we did. The ex- 

 tremely^ cold winter had almost exterminated the Purple 

 Martins and we therefore counted ourselves fortunate in 

 finding several pairs of them carrying nesting material 

 into a Martin-house on the estate of one of the wealthy 

 Cleveland men who lives near Lake Erie. Our complete 

 list of swallows included the following: 



Purple Martin Cliff (Swallow 



Barn Swallow Chimney iSwift was also 



Bank Swallow seen 



In the deeper woods we found the Chickadee, the 

 Brown Thrasher, the Tufted Titmouse, the Catbird, and 

 the White-breasted Nuthatch. One of the most interest- 

 ing discoveries of the day was a Chickadee's nest contain- 

 ing eight eggs, in the decayed limb of a small willow tree. 

 Before leaving home, we had listed the House Wren and 

 later in the day we recorded the Long-billed Marsh Wren, 

 near Mentor Marsh. 



When we left Joplin's Woods, we checked up our list 

 and found that we had seventy species recorded. As we 

 drove along the country road toward the Marsh, we heard 

 the welcome and cheery calls of the Bob-whites, from the 

 adjacent fields and pastures. While stopping at a dilap- 

 idated old barn, we found a Mourning Dove sitting upon 

 her nest, which had been built upon one of the heavy tim- 

 bers of the frame of the barn where a section of the roof 

 was still intact and effectually sheltered her from the 

 weather. 



One of the most agreeable surprises of the day was 

 our finding of a large colony of Cliff Swallows. As we 

 made our last turn before reaching the Marsh we noticed 

 a group of several old barns and one of our number called 

 attention to the swallows which were flying around. One 

 of them flew past our car a moment later, and Ave were 

 delighted to find that it was a Cliff Swallow. We hastily 



