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68. Nettion carolineNvSIS. Green-winged Teal. A late 

 bird was shot in early December, 1903, off Fighting Island, 

 by F. Bryant. 



69. AcciPiTER ATRiCAPiLLUS. American Goshawk. J. 

 B. Purd}' records a bird shot December 24, near Plymouth. 

 (Bull. Mich. Ornith. Club, II, 38.) 



70. Cerlyle alycon. Belted Kingfisher. Chas. Frei- 

 burger records one January 14, 1903, at the Detroit Water 

 Works. (Bull. Mich. Ornith. Club, IV, 28.) 



71. PiNicoLA enucleator leucura. Canadian Pine 

 Grosbeak. The first birds of this species were recorded in 

 Wayne count}-, on November g, 1903, when two birds were 

 shot near Detroit and sent in to L,. J. Eppinger. Jas. B. Pur- 

 dy writes me that he shot one December 9th near Plymouth. 

 On March 6, 1904, I met with two near Palmer Park, north 

 of Detroit. 



SOME BARN SWALLOW NESTS. 



BY CHRESWELL J. HUNT. 



The Barn Swallows shape and vary their clay nests ac- 

 cording to the site selected for them. The most common form 

 seems to be that placed on the side of a beam, in which case 

 the nest is usually in the form of a reversed half cone — the top 

 being a half circle while the base is pointed. I also have a 

 nest which was built where a lath projected two inches from 

 the base of the beam. In this case the birds used this lath 

 end for a foundation and built the nest above it. This nest is 

 in the usual shape, the top being a half circle, but the bottom, 

 where it rested upon the lath, is flat instead of pointed. An- 

 other nest I have seen was placed in a corner where two boards 

 came together at right angles. It had the usual pointed base 

 but was exceptionally long. 



I have had a pair of Barn Swallows under observation for 

 the past four summers. Their nests were built under the 

 "barn-yard roof. They first built the nest, above referred to, 

 placed upon the lath. They used this nest for two seasons 

 when I removed it and sawed off the protruding lath. The 

 next year they built a nest upon the beam right beside the 



