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bation proceeded until the bottom of the nest was pulled away sufficiently 

 to let the eggs fall to the ground. 



It was hard on pussy, but" ten felines that strayed into our lawn en- 

 closure looking for' birds did not return, consequently all young birds had a 

 chance for their lives when they left the nests. 



Although the Black and White Warbler is fairly abundant on the Is- 

 land, I found my second nest this season. It contained five fresh eggs 

 and was admirably concealed in a little bank bordering a path through the 

 woods at Smithtowu. At Stony Brook (Flowerfieldj I found the only set of 

 Downy Woodpeckers I have ever observed on Long Island. 



The Blue- Wing Warbler was observed on several occasions near Floral 

 Park, evidently breeding. 



For the first time in many years I did not observe nests of the Blue Jay 

 in their favorite haunts at Smithtowu. The same locality is also a favorite 

 nesting place for the Mourning Dove, but neither nests nor birds were seen 

 there this year. Crested Flycatcher and House W r ren were not so abundant 

 in the old apple orchard at Stony Brook as last year. 



Meadow L°.rks were everywhere more abundant than I ever knew them 

 before. Comparativelv few Bluebirds have been seen. 



On June 20, in company with two friends, I found about twenty nests 

 of the Seaside and Sharp-tailed Sparrow on the salt meadows off Freeport. 

 Some nests were incomplete, others with incomplete sets and full sets 

 of eggs, others with young birds and from some the young birds had al- 

 ready flown. A beautiful nest of each with four eggs was taken and are at- 

 tractive objects in my collection. The nests of both species ,are skillfully 

 lodged in the thick meadow grass a few inches above the ground, thus per- 

 mitting a tide to overflow the meadows to a considerable extent without 

 reaching- the nest. 



