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were there by the hundred. The specimen is in perfect breeding plumage, 

 the breast being quite rosy in color." 



This is the second record reported for the state and the only one verified 

 by a specimen. 



Long-tailed Jaeger. — Stercorarius longicandus Vieill. 



A specimen was taken by Mr. H. L. Stoddard at Dune Park, Indiana a 

 few miles east of Miller's Sept. 21, 1915. (The Auk. Jan. 1916 p. 75.) 



This is the first Indiana record for this northern bird. 



Prairie Warbler. — Dendroica discolor (Vieill). 



Mr. Philip Baker found this warbler nesting near Helmsburg, Brown 

 County, Indiana, in May 1916. The following account he has kindly pre- 

 pared for me. 



On May 8th I found a nest of the Prairie Warbler, half completed. The 

 the nest was placed in a small apple tree on the border of a sassafras thicket. 

 It was completed May 14th. May 21st I found 4 eggs in the nest but upon 

 visiting it a few daj's later, the eggs were gone and the birds had left. 



On May 2lst I found another nest about a quarter of a mile from the 

 first. This was built in a tangle of wild blackberries, close to the ground. 

 It also contained 4 eggs. May 27th the eggs had hatched. 



I tried to obtain a picture of this nest with the young birds, but my 

 efforts were unsuccessful. 



Within 2 miles of these nests, I heard at least 4 Prairie Warblers singing 

 during May, .June and July. Each bird confined its movements to a com- 

 paratively small area of densely covered "undergrowth" princijially sassa- 

 fras. From the fact of a continuous ]x>riod of song and a closely limited 

 feeding ground, 1 believe these birds were mated and tlicir nests were close 

 by. I am mailing both nests to you. 



Bartramian Sandpiper. — Barlraniid longiaiitda (Bechst.). 



Mr. E. B. Williamson of Bluffton, Indiana, has the egg slicUs found 

 June 16, 1916, in a nest of tliis bird in a meadow on the S. E. ]4, of section 

 26, Twp. 25 N. Range 12 E. about \V-^:\ miles south of that town and 2^4 miles 

 east. The nest was discovered liy Nathan Truax, about May 29, 1916, 

 but the eggs were not hatched June 9, 1916. Birds of this species had not 

 been seen in that Adcinity before by the residents. Mr. Williamson says the 

 day he visited the site and obtained the egg shells he saw five or six of these 

 birds. This is the first breeding record for that part of the state. 



Great Blue Heron. — Ardea hcrodias Linn. 



The past spring Mr. E. B. Williamson, Bluffton, Indiana, called my 

 attention to a heronry of this species in Huntington County, about 8}4 

 miles west of Bluffton and a half mile west of the Wells-Huntington County, 



