RING-NECKED PHEASANT: This bird has become very abundant in certain 

 sections in Massachusetts, and having been given a long season of pro- 

 tection, comes about our estates and nests frequently in close proximity 

 to our homes. The nest is placed upon the ground, where it is well 

 concealed among the thick grasses or clumps of bayberry bushes and 

 trailing blackberry vines. 



RUFFED GROUSE: Nests on the ground in open hardwood growth, and 

 the nest is sometimes placed beneath a fallen tree-top, or, the edge of 

 a pile of brush. 



SPOTTED SANDPIPER: Many nests of this little sandpiper are constructed 

 in the strawberry beds on our farms, where the bird arranges a nest of 

 the hay or straw used as a winter protection to the plants, and deposits 

 her eggs. 



WOODCOCK: Nests on the ground in swampy or moist woodlands. Both 

 parents and young visit the gardens at night in search of earthworms and 

 grubs, and cornfields of the farmer are also favorite feeding grounds. 



BIRDS THAT NEST IN BUILDINGS OR ON 

 THE BEAMS BENEATH BRIDGES 



BARN SWALLOW : Nests on the beams and rafters in barns, provided there 

 is an entrance and exit continually open. The passing of our old-fash- 

 ioned New England barn with its wide open doors and windows in 

 roof, is the cause of the disappearance of this beautiful bird from certain 

 localities where it was formerly abundant. 



CLIFF OR EAVE SWALLOW: This species is of sociable disposition, and 

 nests in colonies, the bottle-shaped nests of mud being attached beneath 

 the eaves or cornices of country barns and outbuildings. 



CHIMNEY SWIFT: Nests commonly throughout Southern New England 

 wherever it can find an unused chimney. It is a good plan to watch 

 these birds and discover which particular chimney they have chosen for 

 nesting quarters, and thus avoid destroying both nest and young by a 

 temporary blaze in the fireplace during the months of May, June and 

 July. 



PHOEBE FLYCATCHER: Nests on the beams and top of wall beneath barns, 

 on the timbers beneath bridges, and often on the top rail or cornice of 

 the veranda of the house. 



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