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a number of Wilson s Warblers nest in this vicinity but I did not succeed in 

 locating any. It has rained hard several times, spoiling many nests that I 

 was watching. I had ten nests located that were ruined by one rain. 



The Tree Swallows lay in rather small sets and there are several pairs 

 that have no nests but hang around other nests and as soon as the broods 

 come out, they will take possession. 



I saw a King Bird light on a Bald Eagle's head and appear to be pick- 

 ing at his feathers. One Eagle alighted in a pine right over my head last 

 week. It was an immature bird in the second or third year's plumage. His 

 tail was nearly all brown but his head was a dirty white mixed with brown. 

 He looked sharply all around him but not down under the tree although I 

 moved about considerably. There are five Eagles here now. I have taken 

 several Thrushes that had small ticks on their faces and most of the feathers 

 of their faces had been scratched off. 



On July ioth I took a set of Slate Colored Junco and one of Chestnut- 

 Sided Warbler. The latter with particularly fine markings. I recently took 

 three young Broad Winged Hawks from the nest that had maggots in their 

 ears, as was the case with the Red-Shouldered. The nest was about 35 feet 

 up in a white birch tree. The old birds had from time to time placed a 

 layer of twigs with green leaves upon the nest possibly with the idea of keep- 

 ing the young up out of the damp nest and dirt. There was nearly four in- 

 ches of twigs above the place where the birds first nested. While I was at 

 the nest the female came with a small green frog. I found traces of rabbit 

 and the thigh bone of a bird which was large enough to be a partridge. I 

 found a nest of Sparrow Hawks in a bad state. They were in a small place 

 with almost no covering. They had no vermin in their ears but were wet 

 and filthv. All had a crop full and one had about three inches of a green 

 snake hanging out of its mouth. 



The Junco nest which I found on July ioth was in a nice situation. 

 There was a stump about 18 inches high covered with a thick covering of 

 moss on which grew what we know as tea leaf or bunch berry plants, (Cornus 

 Canadensis.) The nest was between two roots of this stump nearly under 

 it and the vines and plants quite hid it from view. 



Two pairs of Loons stayed here, but the water has remained so high that 

 it was next to impossible to find their nests. Have not seen any young 

 Loons up to this writing, Julv nth. I have collected three young Golden- 

 Eyed Ducks. One was taken five days later than the other three. The 

 difference in size showed how rapidly these young grow. The last one I 

 took was in a swampy place full of water on the shore of Tallman's Stream. 

 The female would fly over quacking, then after a while call the ducks off 

 in opposite directions from me. Thev did not hide like Black or Wood 

 Ducks but were diving all the time and coming up among the bushes just 



