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Common, but not easilj' seen. I found one nest on the side of a rather 

 steep hill, the female was sitting on the nest. I took a negative of her 

 just as she was. I then scared her off the nest and found that she only 

 had one egg. This was on the morning of July 13. I came back every 

 morning and made negatives of her on the nest in different positions, 

 afterwards scaring her off, but I found only one egg until July 17. At 

 three o'clock in the afternoon of the 17th I found two eggs. The eggs 

 were smaller than those of the Yellow-billed Cuckoo and did not have 

 the bluish cast. The nest is a much better affair than the Yellow-billed 

 Cuckoo builds. By the 18th I could approach my hand within eighteen 

 inches of the cuckoo before she left the nest. Whenever she left her nest 

 she generally flew about thirty feet and then sat perfectly motionless until 

 I left. She hardly ever uttered a sound. Her positions on the nest were 

 at times rather acrobatic. This is illustrated to some extent by the photo- 

 graphs. On July 24 the first egg was hatched into one of the ugliest young 

 birds I have ever seen. On July 26 egg number two had disappeared but 

 the young cuckoo was thriving. On July 27 feathers were pretty well 

 started. On July 28 everything was as usual, on the afternoon of the 30th 

 the bird had disappeared. It did not seem ready to leave the nest but 

 probably the mother coaxed it off early on account of my visits. 

 [390] Ceryle alcyon (hinn.). Belted Kingfisher. 



Very common. I found one nest in a railroad bank. Another in a 

 steep bank along a creek. 

 [393] Dnjobatrs villosus CLinn.). Hairy "Woodpecker. 



Four individuals of this species were seen this summer. 

 [394] D)-yobates jnibescens CLinn.). Downy Woodpecker. 



Very common. 

 [402] Sphyrapkus varhts (Linn.). Y'ellow-bellied Sapsucker. 



Common. 

 [406] Melanrrpes erythrocephalus (Linn.). Red-headed Woodpecker. 



Very common. These Woodpeckers have become very tame, especially 

 on the Winona Assembly ground. They frequently hop around in the road 

 like English Sparrows. 

 [412] Colaptes auratus (lAnn.). Flicker. 



Very common. 

 [417] Antrostomus vociferus iWi]?,.). Whip-poor-will. Figs. 9, 10, 11, 12, 16. 



Common. Often heard, but rarely seen. I found one nest on June 27. 

 I was crossing an old and rotten rail fence at the top of a woody embank- 



