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year ? or have we been blinded to the fact that birds nest regularly in 

 July at this latitude ? 1 hat the former supposition must have at least 

 some weight my note-book will show. Where I have four species nest- 

 ing for April and ten for May (all accidentally or at least /wcidentally 

 discovered), I have also ten for June, and here, with Mr. Jones, four- 

 teen for July. This count includes, of course, only those actually ex- 

 amined. No account is made of nests containing young. 



The following is the record of the three July days : 



July 4. 



Cliff Swallow. — A colony of twenty pairs contain'ed two or three 

 sitting birds. 



Cedar Waxwings. — Two nests were found in an orchard, one contain- 

 ing four eggs, and the other containing one egg and three young just 

 hatched. Beside these were found three nests as yet unoccupied. 



Robin. — One nest with four eggs examined. Other sitting birds seen 

 but not disturbed. 



Chipping Sparrow. — Four eggs, apparently fresh. 



Phoebe. — Four eggs in a nest placed on a shale cliff. 



A Warbling Vireo's nest not quite completed contained a single Cow- 

 bird's egg with a sizable hole in it, probably made by the aggrieved 

 party. As the contents of the egg were unaltered, the evidence is 

 strongly in favor of the July nesting of the Vireo— but we don't count 

 her. 



July 5. 



Spotted 'Sandpiper. — Four eggs. 



Vesper Sparrow. — Three eggs. 



Field Sparrow. — The nest contained three eggs of the Sparrow and 

 one of the Cowbird. 



July 12. 



Vesper Sparrow. — Three eggs. 



Song Sparrow. — Three eggs of the Sparrow and one of the Cowbird. 



Crested Flycatcher. — Three eggs. 



Wood Pewee. — Two eggs. 



Cardinal. Two Eggs. 



Wood Thrush. — Two eggs. 



These last three were probably second attempts of birds whose nests 

 had been disturbed. 



W. L. Dawson, Oberlin, Ohio. 



