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They soon came, a pair of Bluebirds, the female carrying a small 

 worm. The branch containing the nest was not in exactly the right 

 place; this puzzled them. They flew about and after a great deal of 

 chirping and singing, the male ventured to take a worm into the hole. 

 The young birds did not seem to care for it, and he brought it out only 

 to carry it in the second time, but he could not get them to eat it. 

 Then I left them fearing that the fall had killed the young birds. But 

 in the afternoon when I rapped on the limb the mother bird flew out 

 and the next day the parents were feeding the little ones as if nothing 

 had happened. May 31st, two Chippies' nests were discovered. June 

 3d each contained an egg, but a few days later one had disappeared en- 

 tirely the other had been robbed. 



June 2nd I found a Robin's nest. 



June 8th I found a Kingbird's nest. A few days later it contained 

 four eggs and I think that the nest was one of the few that season 

 which escaped robbing. 



June 8th while walking through the woods I heard a bird singing, as 

 I looked around for it a young Towhee ran out from under my feet. I 

 tried to catch it but although it could not fly, it escaped among the 

 trees. 



June 25th when I was walking through the same piece of woods a 

 Partridge or Ruffed Grouse ran across the path, squealing and pretend- 

 ing that she could not fly. On turning around I saw a flock of young 

 Partridges fly into a tree. 



July 3rd while in a maple orchard a young Woodcock was handed to 

 me. 



July 8th a Chippies nest was found in the old orchard. A few days 

 later that and a nest containing young Robins were robbed. 



For July 8th I find the following entry in my notebook. "A few 

 days ago I found a Cedar Bird's nest in an apple tree, it was empty. 

 Yesterday it had three eggs. Last night a chippies nest was found. 



July 13th and 14th while on Moosehead Lake I saw several Gulls 

 and a Loon. 



Of the many nests which I observed in 1933 I know of only three in 

 which the young birds remained unmolested until old enough to fly 

 away, excepting Martins, Swallows and Swifts. As there were no 

 children who rob birds nests near and we kept no cat I think it was the 

 woik of red squirrels. Generally nearly all the birds of that region 

 raise their young in peace. 



At present I am in a city and can make fe^v observations but I intend 

 soon returning to the country and my study of wild things. 



