NATURE'S CALENDAR 



Mav 26 Vesper Spmrow. — Nests second week, on 

 the ground in grassy fields. 



Savanna Sparroiv. — Nests second week ; 

 dry fields, especially near the sea-coast. 



Sea-side Sparroivs. — Nest last week; salt 

 marshes. 



WJiite-c7'oivned Spaj-roz&s, — Pass North sec- 

 ond and third weeks. 



Chipping Sparroiv. — Nests third week ; bush. 



Field Spaj'row. — Nests third week ; fields. 



Song Sparrow. — Nests first week, under or 

 in low brushes or on the ground. 



Siuainp Sparroxo. — Nests third week, near 

 the ground in wet places. 



Chewink, or Towhee. — Nests on the ground 

 in woods, usually on a hill-slope. 



Rose- breasted Grosbeaks. — Arrive first week. 



Indigo-birds. — Arrive from South first week. 



Scarlet Tanagers. — Arrive first week. 



Purple Martins. — Nests fourth week ; bird 

 boxes. 



Eave S'u<alloio. — Nests fourth week, outside 

 barns, making a row of "bottles" under the 

 eaves. 



Barn Sivallow. — Nests first week, inside 

 barns, making a nest of mud and feathers 

 plastered against or laid upon beams. 



Tree, or White-bellied Szvallow. — Nests in 

 bird boxes, or in holes in trees and posts. 



Bank, or Sand Sivallozv. — Nests ; holes in 

 earthen banks. 



Rough - ivinged Srvallo'cV. — Rare. Arrives 

 early ; nests third week, in holes in stream 

 banks. 



Red-eyed Vireo. — Nests fourth week ; low 

 trees, making a cup-like nest, hung by its rim 

 in a forked branch. 



