THE NESTING SEASON. 



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Date of departure. 



Oct. 10-20. Long-billed Marsh Wren. 



Short-billed Marsh Wren. 



House Wren 



Brown Thrasher 



Catbird 



October 20-31. Phoebe 



Towhee 



Tree Swallow 



November 1-30.* Woodcock 



Mourning Dove 



Kingfisher 



Red-winged Blackbird 



Purple Grackle 



Cowbird 



Vesper Sparrow 



Field Sparrow 



V Chipping Sparrow 



S w amp Sparrow 



DATES AT WHICH BIRDS BEGIN TO NEST IN THE VICINITY OF 

 NEW YORK CITY.t 



Feb. 28. Great Horned Owl. 

 Mar. 12. Barred Owl. 

 28. Carolina Wren. 

 30. Duck Hawk. 

 April 1. Woodcock. 



3. Bed-shouldered Hawk. 

 3. Screech Owl. 

 6. Bed-tailed Hawk. 

 V 9. American Crow. 

 9. Long-eared Owl. 

 10. Bluebird. 

 "' 17. White-breasted Nuthatch. 



18. Broad-winged Hawk. 

 / 20. Robin. 



25. Mourning Dove. 

 25. Purple Grackle. 



28. Phoebe. 



29. Song Sparrow. 



May 1. Black-crowned Night Heron. 

 1. Cooper's Hawk. 

 1. Kingfisher. 



May 2. Osprey. 

 3. Cardinal. 



5. Cowbird. [In Song Spar- 



row's nest.] 



6. Wood Duck. 



6. Green Heron. 



7. Flicker. 



8. Barn Swallow. 

 10. Clapper Rail. 

 10. Killdeer. 



^10. Ruifed Grouse. 

 10. Sparrow Hawk. 

 10. Savanna Sparrow. 



10. Vesper Sparrow. 



11. Louisiana Water-Thrush. 



12. Ruby-throated Hummingbird. 



13. Red-headed Woodpecker. 



14. Acadian Flycatcher. 

 ^14. Blue Jay. 



v/ 14. Chipping Sparrow. 

 14. Towhee. 



* Should the season be an exceptionally mild one, many of these birds may 

 remain until late in December. 



t Based on data accompanying the oological collections of the American 

 Museum, and on the observations of Prof. Marston T. Bogert, Dr. J. Dwight, Jr., 

 Dr. Evan M. Evans, Mr. W. P. Lemmon, and the author. The dates given are 

 those on which, with some exceptions, full sets of eggs have been taken. 



