'tlic Soutli about the t^ccond week in Mav. In it-s luihit.^ it re- 

 sembles tlic follownig sjieeiet*, and is very beneficial, as its food 

 'consists principally of tlie night-flying insects. This bird builds 

 iits nest, or ratlier lays its eggs, — for it builds no real nest, — on 

 the ground near a log, or where some brush or leaves have 

 'Collected. Tiie eggs arc two in lumiber, and Acry beautiful, 

 being a delicate shade of white, with s})ots and blotches of 

 brown and lilac all <)\ei- alike. 



( 'j£( )i;i)KiLi:s I'oi'K J TK — Baud. 

 Nicn r Hawk. — This bird is about as common in tlie city as 

 the country, l)eing most often t^CLnx at twilight flying about just 

 over the tops of the buildings in the city, and oxqv the trectops 

 'in the country, uttering his short note or "squeak,"' as Mr. 

 Samuels calls it. This species destroys great nund)crs of night 

 .insects. About the middle or last of ]\ray the Night Hawk 

 •commences the duties of incubation, ]avinr>; tAvo eir"'s on the 

 *l)are ground, often on a rock, with no nest. Tliey are a dirty- 

 miiite color marked with sp(»ts of biown. 



'l^i; Axxis ( "ai:o!Jm:\s!s — Bainl. 



KiN<!-i;iRi), Bee Makiin. — This is a \vv\ common summer 

 iinliabitant of Xcw England, there being a pair or two nesting 

 on almost every farm. Tlie nest is placed in a fork of a limb, 

 generally of an apple-tree. Tt is composed externally of 

 coarse moss and roots, and lined with fine roots and horse 

 hair. Kggs are laid about the last of ]\Iay : arc a delicate 

 white color, spotted all over with brown and lavender. To 

 all but bcc-keepci-s this bird is a firm fi-iend, but it unist be 

 acknowledged that it destroys a large number of bees Avhcn- 

 ever it has an op[»ortunity. But other winged insects are also 

 *dcsti'Oved, and therefore this bird is beneficial to the farmer. 



S A 'i < ) I ; X IS F r sf u • s — lia Ird . 



rEWF.i; ; PiKKi'.E liiiM). — This well-known little bird ar- 

 rives from the South very early in the season, often as earlv 

 as the middle of March, when we see it perched on the ulckct 



