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.Time 7. Visitors continue to come to my pole, but no 

 birds nesting tliere. Tavo oi' three birds seemed to resort 

 there for a time regularly — lasting two weeks or more — 

 each evening late, and as they are seen usually about sun- 

 rise the following day they may have used it for sleeping 

 quarters, possibly an overflow from Eraser's box, which is 

 crowded and contains young birds. These visitors are 

 sometimes females, or males and females. 



June 13. Eight to ten birds were assembled on a tele- 

 phone pole about two hundred yards from nearest nesting 

 box. For the most i)art they were young birds and were 

 huddled closely. Adults were seen feeding them there. On 

 June 14, 15 and 16 the birds were seen at the same place. 

 A few \v'ere on a nearby tree on the 16th. 



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February 9. A lone male Purple Martin flew from 

 the south over the river near the fishhouses about 8:00 a. 

 m., and between 3 and 4 p. m. three birds flew on the same 

 course. All males. 



February 11. Saw a single male martin on top of 

 Warren's box. 



February 12. A male martin on wire near Eraser's 

 box. 



February 13. One near same place. 



February 14 to 16. No martins seen. 



February 17. A male martin flying near Warren's. 

 A north wind and cool. 



February 18. A male and female martin flying near 

 Eraser's at 8:00 a. m. 



February 19. No birds seen. 



February 20. A single male seen. A cool north wind 

 continued. 



February 21. Two males at my boxes for a half hour 

 between 8:00 and 9:00 a. m. 



February 22. Two birds near Eraser's. Sex not de- 

 termined. 



