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])ut doubtless these bore their leaves when the nest was occupied and 

 that would complete the wall on that side. Fine, thread-like green lich- 

 ens and slender black roots compose the nest, and the latter are used to 

 bind the hemlock twigs into the framework and support of the nest. One 

 twig is bent up around the bottom and bound firmly there. The nest 

 measures two inches deep, two and a half inches across one way and one 

 and a half the other, being much flattened instead of round. The black 

 roots look like those of the fern "Dicksonia" which grows plentifully 

 here. 



Mrs. T. D. Dershimer, Square Top, IVyomiui^Co., Pa. 



ALL DAY WlfH THE BIRDS. 



Tuesday, May 17, was the day agreed upon by the editor and myself 

 in which to take a representative horizon of Lorain County birds. In 

 order that it should be a fair test of the possibilities of a single day, we 

 arranged to spend as much time in the field as possible, and at the same 

 time cover a variety of bird haunts. With this in mind we began at 

 3:00 .K. M., and devoted the best early morning hours to a favorite piece 

 of woodland and thicket two miles out of town. There was a considera- 

 ble frost on the ground, which no doubt dissuaded a number of birds 

 from leaving us the night before, but the day became bright and warm 

 and still — in fact an ideal bird day. 



The chorus was opened at 3:15, while we were still in town, by the 

 Chipping Sparrow, and he was joined within a minute by Robins and 

 Mourning Doves. Between four and five hours were spent in the woods, 

 which, with intervening fields, resulted in a horizon of seventy-one 

 species by 8:00 a. m. This included several rare finds. 



We chased a shy and very suspicious looking sparrow for a hundred 

 yards or more along a shady creek in the heart of the woods. Finally 

 when we had him pushed almost to the edge, he graciously treed at about 

 twenty feet high, for a half a minute. How eagerly we scanned him ! — 

 altho at such long range ! — but there could be no doubt ! It was Lincoln's 

 Sparrow. Later in the day, while we were poking in a small tangle near 

 the lake, we came upon this bird again. Here too he was skulking in a 

 creek bottom, but by walking one on each side of the creek, we got a 

 double cinch on him. P'irst, Mr. Jcjnes drove him (on the ground) to the 

 water's edge, and from across the stream I noted his head stripes, his 

 pale streaked breast and his demure airs. Then I retired, while Mr. 



