72 



Bullftifi No. 28. 



The following is a list of the bir 

 zons. with numbers opposite each, 

 Bittern, i. 

 Green Heron, 2. 



Black-crowned Night Heron, 19. 

 King Rail, 6. 



Bartramian Sandpiper, 21. 

 Prairie Hen, i. 

 Mourning Dove, 63. 

 Red-tailed Hawk, i. 

 Red-shouldered Hawk, 2. 

 Yellow-billed Cuckoo, 3. 

 Belted Kingfisher, 5. 

 Downy Woodpecker, i. 

 Red-headed Woodpecker, 4. 

 Flicker, 14. 

 Chimney Swift, 4. 

 Kingbird, 11. 

 Crested Flycatcher, 5. 

 Wood Pewee, 7. 

 Alder Flycatcher, 12. 

 Prairie Horned Lark, 16. 

 Blue Jay, 11. 

 Crow, 72. 

 Bobolink. 52. 

 Cowbird. i. 



Red-winged Blackbird, 401. 

 Meadowlark, 31. 

 Baltimore Oriole, 7. 

 Bronzed Grackle, 28. 

 Goldfinch, 12. 

 Vesper Sparrow. 6. 



ds given, as occurring in these hori- 

 viz. : 



Savanna Sparrow, 15. 



Grasshopper Sparrow, 12. 



Henslow's Sparrow, 7. 



Lark Sparrow, i. 



Field Sparrow, 5. 



Song Sparrow, 19. 



Towhee, 2. 



Rose-breasted Grosbeak, 5. 



Indigo Bunting, 27. 



Dickcissel, 55. 



Scarlet Tanager, 8. 



Purple Martin, 12. 



Barn Swallow, 43. 



Cedar Waxwing, 100. 



White-rumped Shrike, 10. 



Red-eyed Vireo, 27. 



Warbling Vireo, 3. 



Yellow VVarbler, 7. 



Ovenbird, 5. 



Maryland Yellow-throat, 15. 



Yellow-breasted Chat, i. 



Catbird, 18. 



Brown Thrasher, 4. 



Short-billed Marsh Wren, 3. 



Long-billed Marsh Wren, 5. 



Wood Thrush, 2. 



Robin, 12. 



Bluebird, 3. 

 Total, 1245. 



Benj. T. Gault, Gh'ii FJlvu. fir 



A HUMMINGBIRDS NEST 



It was on Sunday, the 4th day of July, two years ago, that we discov- 

 ered our first Hummingbird's nest. It was a mere bunch of plant down, 



