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spring of 1920 found four nests with eggs of the Prairie Warbler, in his 
orchard near Helmsburg, Indiana. 
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Found May 15, 1920. May 20th it contained four eggs. It was built 
ten feet up in an apple tree. 
Found May 21st about 100 yards from No. 1. May 26th it contained 
four eggs. It was 8 feet from the ground. 
June 9, 1920, located midway between Nos. 1 and 2, eleven feet from 
the ground. Contained four eggs. 
July 11, 1920, 6 feet up in a Yellow Transparent Apple Tree. Con- 
tained 4 eggs. 
The first three nests were in Grimes Golden Apple trees. Both these 
varieties of apples are upright growers, providing good crotches, well 
screened with foliage. 
These four nests were found within a distance of 200 yards. 
Additional interesting notes on birds of northwestern Indiana are to be 
found in’the paper, ““Notes on Birds of the Chicago Area and its immediate 
vicinity” by C. W. G. Hifrig, in The Auk, Volume XXXVI, 1919, pp. 513-524. 
