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Carroll County: March 17, 1879, seen; June 17. 1882, one fresh egg; May 
24, 1883, three eggs in nest of brown thrasher with four of the latter; in- 
cubation begun. March 31, 1884, first noted; April 5, 1885, both males and 
females, first of season, noted near railroad bridge on Deer Creek, east of 
Camden; June 29, 1905, four seen in barnyard on old homestead near Bur- 
lington. 
121. AGELAIUS PHGNICEUS PHG@NICEUS (Linnzeus). 
RED-WINGED BLACKBIRD. (498) 
Summer resident, abundant in all suitable situations. About the marshy 
places along the rivers, at woodland ponds and in marshy meadows, will 
usually be found from a few pairs to a hundred or more of these beautiful 
birds. They are among the first to arrive in the spring, often coming as 
early as the first of February, and their cheery call is one of the most 
delightful and musical sounds of early spring. 
They begin nesting by the last of April, full sets of eggs often being 
completed by the first of May. The nests are placed near the ground among, 
and fastened to, the cattails and grasses about the swamps. 
Monroe County: Not very common in this county, doubtless because of 
the absence of swamp land and other suitable environment. 
Vigo County: Abundant summer resident, breeding in all suitable places, 
such as Greenfield Bayou, the Goose Pond, Five-mile Pond, and along the 
river wherever there are cattails and tules. On May 3, 1890, at the Goose 
Pond south of Terre Haute. several nests were found, one with four fresh 
eggs, one with two, and another with only one. Two weeks later this 
pond was again visited. The nesting season was at its height as attested 
by many nests seen. Of seven nests examined four contained four eggs 
pach, two had three eggs each, and one had only one egg. all fresh. 
Carroll County: February 23, 1878, noted; March 5, 1879, four or five 
seen; 6th, many seen flying north. May 21, 1883, common nesting at the 
Maple Swamp; May 26, nest with eggs found near Burlington by Edwin C. 
Evermann; May 28, nest with four eggs found on my father’s farm. Feb- 
ruary 12, 1884, saw a flock of 30 or more south of Delphi; February 19, 
Professor John W. Hamilton and I saw a hundred or more on the Ayres 
farm between Bringhurst and Cutler. They were feeding on the ground in a 
hog corral. The morning was very cold. The day before had been pleasant 
but in the evening grew very stormy and cold. May 5, found many nests in 
the Armstrong pond at Camden, in all stages from nests not yet com- 
pleted to young birds a day or two old. Mareh 5, 1885, saw first flock of 
10 south of Camden. By the 12th they had become abundant. June 25 to 
July 1, 1905, only one pair seen on the old homestead near Burlington where 
they formerly were very abundant. 
Other favorite breeding grounds in Carroll County were the tule patches 
along the old canal, in the Harness swamp south of Burlington, in the 
Leonard Smith swamp and the Maple swamp, west of Burlington, in the 
feather-bed prairie south of Logansport. the Runyan marsh east of Bur- 
lington, and in and about all the small inland ponds. 
