° 1912 J Harlow, Breeding Birds of Center County, Pa. 473 



No. 1. June 20, 1911. Two fresh eggs. 

 No. 2. June 29, 1911. Two fresh eggs. 

 No. 3. August 7, 1911. Two half fledged young. 



33. Empidonax virescens. Acadian Flycatcher. — Rare summer 

 resident along the inountahi streams. Have observed it several times in 

 1910in HundingtonCounty where two old nests were found. In July, 1911, 

 a female with two young was seen between First and Second mountains. 



34. Empidonax minimus. Least Flycatcher. — Rare summer 

 resident in small groves or fruit orchards. Usually about one pair is seen 

 throughout the breeding season but no nests have been found. 



35. Octocoris alpestris praticola. Prairie Horned Lark. — 

 Summer resident in th(! o[)cn fields of the valleys, varying in abundance. 

 In 1909 and 1912 they were fairly common, while in 1910 and 1911 they 

 were very rare. No nests have been found though the birds have been 

 observed in every month of the year. 



36. Cyanocitta cristata cristata. Blue Jay. — Regular but scarce 

 summer resident in the wooded areas, most frequently found along the 

 mountain trails. A nest with five eggs was found in Stone Valley, May 8, 

 1910. 



37. Corvus corax principalis. Northern Raven. — Rare but 

 regular resident in the wilder sections, nesting in ledges of rocks. Usually 

 has comjilete sets by March 5. {CJ. Cassinia, 1910, p. 11.) 



38. Corvus brachyrhynchos brachyrhynchos. Crow. — Very 

 abundant breeder, being especially abundant in the medium sized woodlots 

 in the valleys. Incubation begins about April 10, the eggs numbering 

 four or five. 



39. Molothrus ater ater. Cowbird. — Breeds regularly but in- 

 frequently throughout the open valleys, laying from May 20 to June 5. 

 In this region its eggs have been found in the nests of the Chipping Sparrow, 

 Red-eyed Vireo, White-breasted Nuthatch, Phoebe and Bluebird. 



40. Agelaius phoeniceus phoeniceus. Red-winged Blackbird. — 

 Breeds abundantly throughout the open country wherever there are any 

 small swamps, several pairs often nesting close together. The complete 

 set of three or four eggs is laid from May 20 to May 25. 



41. Sturnella magna magna. Meadowlark. — Abundant summer 

 resident in grassy fields tlu'ough the valleys, but its nests are hard to find. 

 Nesting begins the first week in May and two broods are reared. 



42. Icterus spurius. Orchard Oriole. — Scarce but regular 

 summer resident in orchards and about estates. I have seen two nests 

 and both Mr. White and Mr. Harrower have found nests with young 

 in late June. 



43. Icterus gabula. Baltimore Oriole. — Breeds abundantly in 

 orchards, al)out estates and especially in elms along streams. Here four 

 eggs are the normal set, while three and five are found less frequently. 

 The eggs are laid about May 25. 



44. Quiscalus quiscula quiscula. Purple Crackle. — 



