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feet in height, with smaller trees of Pine, Cedar and Hemlock inter- 

 mixed. On the barns were thirty-nine nests of Cliff Swallows and one 

 nest of Barn Swallows. In the currant brush, one Chipping Sparrow. 

 In the trees, one Warbling Vireo, two Baltimore Orioles, two Orchard 

 Orioles, one Robin, one Blue Jay, one Mourning Dove, one Bronzed 

 Cirackle, one Flicker, one Redheaded Woodpecker and one Kingbird ; in 

 all thirteen species, fifty-three nests. Can any of the readers of the 

 BuLLKTix make a better showing of Peaceful Neighbors. 



J. N. Clark, Meridian, Wis. 



Other work so occupied my time during the whole of June that the 

 plan to make a census of some unusually good piece of woods had to 

 give place to a much less pretentious and far more restricted plan. Two 

 town lots were selected, one situated well within the residence part of 

 the village, a quarter acre of land, with the house and oil shed, a dozen 

 old apple trees and two small peach trees, an osage orange hedge along 

 the whole west end of the lot about fifteen feet tall, and a considerable 

 potato patch. Passing over the two English Sparrow's nests that were 

 destroyed after incubation had begun, there was just one nest of House 

 Wren on the lot. A Flicker had tried to dig a hole in one of the old 

 apple trees, and a Hairy Woodpecker in another one, but found the 

 small boy a too interested spectator. However, Song Sparrows, Robins, 

 Mourning Doves, Flickers, Hairy and Downy Woodpeckers, Bronzed 

 Crackles, Chimney Swifts and Barn Swallows were regular and frequent 

 visitors to the lawn and trees. 



The other lot lies on the north-western outskirts of the village a half 

 mile from the business center, with all outdoors to the north, a twenty 

 rod open space in which lies a corn field, to the west, an open field to 

 the south with an orchard beyond, and houses continuously to the east. 

 The premises comprise the house and large barn with other outbuildings, 

 an orchard containing about forty trees of ten years' growth, besides 

 grape vines and small fruit, ten maple trees and several ornamental trees 

 and shrubs in the yard, evergreen trees making two wind breaks north 

 and west along the whole side of the lot : all together an acre of ground. 

 A most careful search of these premises revealed just one Robin's nest ! 

 At this writing it would not be profitable to give a list of the species 

 which frequent this place. That can better wait. 



Lynds Jones, Oberlin, Ohio. 



