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suuiip. One — probably the >same — lit on one of my boxes 

 an hour later. jS^one other seen since February 3. 



February 19. A male at my boxes, 7 :00 a. m., and two 

 males at 10 :00 a. m. 



February 20. Two males and two females at my boxes 

 at 5 p. m. The above constitute all of this species noted 

 thus far this year. 



February 27. Still but two males and one female 

 martin at my boxes and none seen elsewhere. 



March 2. Two males and two females at my boxes this 

 a. m. 



March 3. Five birds at my boxes this morning. 



March 5. Eleven or twelve birds at my boxes. 



March 14. Twelve martins seem to be settled at my 

 boxes. 



March 31. Twenty-five birds at my boxes at 5 p. m., 

 the largest congregation of martins I have seen this year. 

 The strangers departed early on April 1. 



April 10. One bird seen carrying sticks to box. 



April 12. Seven pairs of martins now building at my 

 three boxes and but one other box now in the village so 

 far as I can ascertain. 



April 17. Nest building seems to be progressing rap- 

 idly. 



May 13. First feeding of young noted. 



July 14. Three young out of nest, — unable to fly — 

 huddled in a close bunch on the ground at base of pole 

 supporting one of my boxes. Adults feeding them. 



July 18. The three juveniles remained on the ground 

 until today, when they flew. Whenever observed they were 

 bunched closely. I judged one pair of birds had been dis- 

 turbed in earlier nesting as all other than this family had 

 departed from my boxes sometime before the young were 

 found on the ground. 



September 8. A single martin flying near my house. 

 The first seen for three or four weeks. 



September IG. Four birds on wire near fish-house. 



