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her head protruded as before. This was repeated many times, 

 she never forgetting to pound the end with a good will. A 

 puff of smoke, blown into the cavity, finally induced her to 

 vacate, hut so small was the entrance that she actually stuck 

 tight for about ten seconds before she could squeeze through. 

 She eyed me a moment from the nearest tree trunk, then re- 

 turned and clung to the stub only a few feet above my head. 

 The excavation was twelve feet above the ground and the stub 

 about twenty high. The entrance went straight in for three 

 inches and was eighteen in depth, widening out to six at the 

 bottom and occupying the core of the tree. It contained four 

 fresh eggs, best described as exactly like average bluebird's in 

 size and shape, but. of course, pure white. This was probably 

 an incomplete set, as both Dr. P. E. Moody and myself have 

 taken sets of six eggs in Oakland county, where the Ir.rds ex- 

 hibited none of the courage of this individual. 

 Wavne County, Mich. 



ALL DAY WITH THE BIRDS AT DURMID. VA. 



BY W. F. HENXINGER. 



This year I had to make my "All Day with the Birds" in 

 a new territory. Having arrived at Lynchburg, April 25th, I 

 immediately went to work to study the bird world. For that 

 reason I preferred staying with friends at Durmid, as the 

 mountains are only two miles distant. In some respects the 

 bird world is similar to that of middle southern Ohio, for the 

 climate is practically the same. Bewick Wren and Bachmann 

 Sparrow greeted me, together with the Prairie Warbler the 

 very first day. 



The hills are crowded with woods, both decidious trees and 

 pines; little streams gushing down from the hillsides; stones 

 are abundantly sown over the shining brick-red soil, and bird- 

 life lacks the vigor and freshness of the North. 



Hawks seemed scarce and the great numbers of Turkey 

 Vultures could not atone for this. ( )wls I did not see at all. 

 Woodpeckers were persent, but only in very few individuals. 

 The Robin was quite rare, the Meadowlark was heard but 



