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steep bank, four feet above a streamlet, in a foi'ested valley. Four 

 eggs in the nest, showing light brownish spots, are evidently not 

 the eggs of this bird, and the presence of the sandpiper there re- 

 mains a puzzle. 



48. Dendroica coronata — Myrtle Warbler. 



49. Plranga erythromelas — Scarlet Tanager. 

 Frequent residents, and beautifully conspicuous. 



50. Progne subis subis — Purple Martin. 



Numerous over the building of the military prison. Their so- 

 ciable life of domestic activity and their freedom contrast sharply 

 with the human prison-life within. 



April 17, 1919 



51. Biiteo borealis 6oreaZis^-Red-tailed Hawk. 



A pair of red-tailed hawks are found nesting. The nest is 

 about thirty feet from the ground in the top of a tree almost limb- 

 less and somewhat apart in an unfi-equented section of the forested 

 area. 



April 18, 1919 



52. Accipiter vclox — Sharp-shinned Hawk. 



April 22, 1919 



53. Zenaidura viacroura carolinensis — Mourning Dove. 



54. Chcetura pelagica — Chimney Swift. 



55. Zamelodia ludoviciana — Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 



May 4. 1919 



56. Zonoti'ichia albicollis — White-throated Sparrow. 



57. Setophaga ruticWa — Redstart. 

 Frequent resident. 



58 Hirundo crythrogastra — Barn Swallow. 



May 6, 1919 



59. Piranga rubra nf&ra— Summer Tanager. 

 Not uncommon. Summer resident. 



60. Coccyzus erythrophthahnus — Black-billed Cuckoo. 

 One or two observed. 



61. Antrostoimts vociferus vociferus — Whippoorwill. 



May 19, 1919 



62. Icteria vircns virens — Yellow-breasted Chat. 



Several resident pairs of these avian comedians observed in 

 the forested area. 



63. Passeriyia cyanca — Indigo Bunting. 

 Common resident in full song. 



