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On April 2o, 1910, Miss Abbie Smith of East St. Johnsbuvy saw him 

 in that village. From East St. Johnsbury they followed Moose river 

 upstream for nearly a mile and a quarter and finally settled on the 

 Grout meadow which is in the town of Kirby. During May, June and 

 July, 1910, I made many trips to that meadow to watch them and 

 study their habits. During that summer there seemed to be two pairs 

 of adult birds, but on July 15, in passing the meadow at twilight in 

 addition to the adults I counted ten young birds feeding among the 

 grass. I visited them regularly until they migrated in the latter half 

 of Au,gust. 



On June 14, 1910, I observed a pair and heard them singing on the 

 meadow at Lyndon where I first identified them in 1896. 



On May 17, 1910, a pair of them were on the Hovey meadow, up 

 Moose river about two miles east from St. Johnsbury village, and within 

 the town limits, which is the only date, I, personally, have for St. 

 Johnsbury. 



In the spring of 1911 when the migrants began to return I was so 

 curious to know whether the meadow larks would return to the same 

 locality, that on May 14, 1911, I made a trip to the Grout meadow once 

 more, when to my intense delight, I saw twelve different individuals 

 feeding and singing their well known songs. During the summer of 

 1911 I made many subsequent visits to the meadow and saw many 

 young birds in the latter half of July. 



On July 12, 1911, I once more visited their haunts at Lyndon and 

 saw there two pairs of adults and several young birds. 



My only disappointment in my acquaintance with these feathered 

 friends is in never having found their nests. 



It gives me great pleasure that they should have returned to the 

 same haunts in such increased numbers for the second year. 



NESTING OF YELLOW-BREASTED CHAT. 



Mr. Charles Hitchcock, Bennington. 



In a bushy tract about an acre in area in some meadows about a 

 mile from Bennington village, I heard an unfamiliar bird note June 19. 

 After much chasing about the bird finally came into view and was 

 identified as the yellow-breasted chat. The following morning the 



