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never found its nest nor have I any record of seeing it in July. It may fre- 
quently be seen in May and early June circling about over the fields and 
pastures in the dusk of evening or even on dull cloudy days, but it is most 
abundant in August and early September, when considerable numbers may 
sometimes be seen flying about over the meadows and other open places. 
Carroll County: August 31, 1883; May, 1884; May 10, 1885. 
Monroe County: May, 1886. 
Vigo County: May 8, 1888. 
106. CHa:TURA PELAGICA (Linnieus). CHIMNEY SWIFT. (428) 
An abundant summer resident. Formerly nesting in hollow trees and 
similar situations, but now almost invariably in chimneys. The only 
nest I ever found in a tree I discovered in the hollow of a hickory stub on 
my father’s farm near Burlington in the spring of 1883. The chimney of 
our house on the home farm always had its colony of four to six or 
more pairs of chimney swifts every summer, and it was astonishing the noise 
they would make, not only throughout the day but also at night, seriously 
interfering with one’s sleep. 
Carroll County: July 14, 1882, set of four fresh eggs. In 1884, first noted 
April 27; common next day. 
In 1884, a pair of chimney swifts fastened their nest to the inside of the 
door of an outhouse at the Vandalia depot in Camden. The birds entered 
the building through a small hole in the gables. The building was in daily 
use, but those who visited it were cautioned by the railroad agent to open 
the door carefully so as not to jar the eggs. Usually the bird sitting on 
the eggs would leave the house when any one entered, but sometimes she 
would remain on the nest. Four eggs were laid, one of which was jostled 
from the nest, the other three hatched and the birds grew to maturity. This 
nest was repaired and used again in 1885, and in 1886, and a brood raised 
in each of those years. April 17, 1885, noted. 
In the fall of the year the chimney swifts resort in great numbers to 
some one chimney in the neighborhood. At Bloomington, they frequented 
the chimney of the University engine house; in Terre Haute, vast numbers 
used the chimney of the Baptist church on North Sixth street; while in 
Carroll County, they have for many years resorted to the chimney of the 
Methodist chureh in Flora. 
Monroe County: April 11, 1886. NE 
Vigo County: April, 1888, ten or 15 noted; April 7, 1888, and April 6, 1890. 
107. ARCHILOCHUS coLUBRIS (Linneus). 
RUBY-THROATED HUMMINGBIRD, (428) 
This beautiful little bird is a rather common summer resident in all the 
counties considered in this paper. Noted at Bloomington, May 13, 1882; at 
Camden, May §, 1888, where it was common by May 23; May 4, 1885, two 
or three seen. At Terre Haute noted May 3 and 5, 1888. 
