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mile was found dead in the cig?. Notwithstanding this, the 

 female continued preparing to lay, an 1 the morning of June 10 an 

 egg was found in the bottom of the cage. June 1 1 a second and 

 last egg of the set was laid. They were of a greenish blue color, 

 spotted with black and lilac. The spots were thickest at the 

 larger end where they tended to become confluent and form a 

 wreath. The eggs measured 1.00 x .68 and 1.02 x .64 inches 

 respectively. 



The next winter, 1893-94, no Grosbeaks were observed in this 

 vicinity, and so I was disappointed in getting a mate for my bird. 

 The last of May, 1894, she showed signs of desiring to build a 

 nest. An old nest of the Lo ;ger'aead Shrike was placed in a box 

 in her cage, and she at once occupied herself in tearing it to 

 pieces and attempting in a crude way to build a nest. On June 9, 

 14, 17, 22, and 23 she deposited eggs which exhibit the following 

 dimensions: .90 X .69, .94 X .70, .95 x .68, .90 X .65, and .90 

 X .69. On completion of this set she desired to incubate, acting 

 very much like a sitting hen. In July she again began to prepare 

 a nest, and on July 17 and 18 she laid eggs which measure .81 x 

 .64 and .86 x .62 in. 



January 17, 1895, a few Grosbeaks were observed feeding on 

 some sumach berries in a small grove near Bangor. February 2 a 

 flock of about twenty visited a crab-apple tree in a neighbor's 

 garden, and, although they were very wild, I finally managed to 

 capture one which proved to be a young male. He was at once 

 introduced to the captive fema'e, but the two developed a strong 

 antipathy to each other, and a fierce fight ensued, so that I was 

 obliged to place them in separate cages. 



May 20 the female began to build a nest, and I again tried to 

 mate the birds, but they at once began to attack each other, so I 

 was obliged to give up all hopes of their mating. 



On May 28, 29, and June 5, 6, and 7 eggs were deposited which 

 measure .92 x .69, .83 x .66, .93 x .71, .88 x .70, and .88 X .69 

 in., and the female at once desired to incubate. June 11 the 

 bird began to construct another nest, and on June 14, 15, 22, and 

 24 she again laid. The eggs measure .99 x .70, .86 x .67, .95 x 

 .70, and .64 X .57 in. The last egg laid wis very sm\ll and con 

 tained no yolk. The bird now ceased laying until July, when on 



