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Their nests axe still placed under the projecting rocks of a steep 

 l)ank, of a railway cut, and of quari-ies. Thus they cling to habit, for 

 such were their original homes. In the Falls region of southern Indi- 

 ana they huild beneath the Falls, protected by the shelving rocks. The 

 siunnior of 1897. while on a trip through Vennillion and Warren 

 counties, Mr. Y. H. Barnett found a nest in a coal mine 20 feet from 

 ihe entrance. Some yeare they begin mating by March 17. and nest 



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Phoebe. 

 (Bejil.—E.i Filler's Bulletin 54, United States Depaitinent of Agriculture. i>. 13.) 



Iniilding by March 26. J have found their complement of eggs April 

 18. Sometimes a second brood is reared. The birds appear to return 

 to the same site year after year. Incubation requires about 12 days, 

 most of which is done by the female. The following give the date at 

 which it was first seen, earliest and latest record, for the places men- 

 tioned: Brookville, March 1, 1881, March 29, 1892; Bicknell, March 

 9, 1896, March 24, 1895; Bloomington, March 2, 1893; Lafayette, 

 March 18, 1893. April 10, 1895; K outs, March 20, 1896; Sedan, March 

 16, 1889, March 30, 1896. In fall they are silent through the latter 

 pai"t of the summer, but Just before leaving, their call may sometimes 

 be heard. The following dates give earliest and latest departure noted 

 for places named: Sandusky, 0., Oct. 10, 1896; Sedan, Oct. 11, 1893; 

 Greensburg, September 22, 1894, October 17, 1896; Brookville, Sep- 

 tember 28, 1885-6, October 14, 1890. and Bicknell, September 30. 



