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from the ground in a vine-covered sapling. Hogs were running wild in 

 tliis piece of woods, which was the probable cause of this departure from 

 regular habits. 



56. Cardinalis cardinalis. Cardinal. — Common resident. Often nests 

 in the village. Earliest nesting, 3 eggs, May 22, 1906; latest, 3 eggs, June 

 16, 1898. 



57. Passerina cyanea. Indigo Bunting. — Common summer resident. 

 Arrives April 22 to May 9. A cosmopolitan bird, nesting in the woods, 

 along country highways, open ditches, rail-road right of ways and berry 

 patches in village. Earliest nesting, 4 eggs. May 25, 1896; latest, 3 eggs, 

 Aug. 6, 1897. 



58. Zamelodia ludoviciana. Rose-breasted Grosbeak. — Common 

 summer resident. Arrives April 23 to May 2. Earliest nesting, 4 eggs, 

 May 18, 1902; latest, 4 eggs. May 26, 1905. The Rose-breast now nests 

 regularly in the village and is famous as a potato-bug destroyer. 



59. Spiza americana. Dickcissel. — Abundant summer resident. 

 Arrives May 2 to 12. Nests on the ground in clover, from four to ten feet 

 up in hedge-rows, in thistles and tall weeds. Earliest nesting. May 31, 

 1896, 5 eggs; latest, 4 eggs, Aug. 1, 1898. Probably our most rapidly 

 increasing song bird. 



60. Piranga erythromelas. Scarlet Tanager. — Common summer 

 resident. Arrives May 2 to 17. Earliest nesting, 3 eggs, May 22, 1896; 

 latest, 4 eggs, June 4, 1907. 



61. Piranga rubra. Summer Tanager. — Rare summer resident. The 

 only breeding record I have of this bird in this locality is a nest and three 

 eggs taken June 2, 1909, in the village. This is the second pair I have seen 

 here. I can find no more northern breeding record in Illinois. 



62. Progne subis. Purple Martin. — Common summer resident. 

 Arrives March 30 to April 6. Earhest nesting, 4 eggs, May 17, 1909; latest, 



5 eggs, June 10, 1898. 



63. Petrochelidon lunifrons. Cliff Swallow. — Rare summer resi- 

 dent. Formerly a very abundant bird. Arrives April 22 to May 1. The 

 only set I have collected in recent years was of four eggs taken June 19, 

 1908. In August, 1909, I saved two perfect nests from which young had 

 flown. Back in the 80's I have seen boys with hats full of these eggs. 



64. Hirundo erythrogaster. Barn Swallow. — Common summer 

 resident though not so numerous as formerly. Arrives April 19 to 30. 

 Earhest nesting, 5 eggs, June 13, 1899; latest, 4 eggs, July 2, 1906. 



65. Iridoprocne bicolor. Tree Swallow. — Rare summer resident. 

 The great bulk pass north. Earliest nesting, May 17, 1906, when I saw a 

 pair building in a lofty oak snag; latest, 6 eggs, May 23, 1905. Arrives 

 April 20 to 30. Migrates south in early September in great armies. 



66. Riparia riparia. Bank Swallow. — Common summer resident. 

 Arrives April 10 to 15. Earliest nesting, 5 eggs. May 18, 1905; latest, 



6 eggs, June 7, 1908. This swallow prefers black dirt to sand banks in tliis 

 locality. 



