70 ORNITHOLOGIST 
By the middle of August the Swallows are 
flocking together and the Bobolinks are gorging 
themselves on the seedstalks, and soon will be fit 
for the southern epicure. About this time my 
notes must close, the increase of business cares 
confines me from the field, and my companions 
are scattered, some to the office and desk, while 
the one I have quoted in these notes writes me 
from the Maine wilderness. 
—— 
Early Breeding of Anna’s Humming- 
bird.—The Sequel. 


BY W. OTTO EMERSON, HAYWARDS, CAL. 
In the March number of THE OrNrTHOLOGISt 
AND O@6LOGIsT I related how a pair of Anna’s 
Hummingbirds, (Calypte anne), had been to their 
nest and laid their eggs by January 19, 1886, in this 
locality; and having also told of the sad fate 
which befell their eggs, I wish to add a short note 
of the subsequent history of these little birds. 
On February 19, 1886, I found their second 
nest, containing two eggs, which were hatched 
by February 22d. On the 26th of that month a 
little brownish down could be noticed along the 
middle of the backs of the young birds; and on 
March Ist, pin feathers began to appear. By 
March 9th, they were well feathered to the bill, 
and the wings made some show. The bill also 
began to lengthen out, as up to this time it had 
been quite short. The mother bird did not hover 
over them now, since they had acquired their 
feathers. They quite filled the little nest, and 
they appeared like two litle rusty greenish 
feather balls, lying alongside of each other. They 
kept their bright black bead-like eyes on the 
watch for their parents, who continually brought 
them food. 

We had beautiful, warm, sunshiny days until 
March 16th, when a cold rain set in, and it rained 
all day on the 17th. It cleared off that evening, 
and it was so cold that I:did not think the little 
nestlings could keep warm; but I did not take a 
look at them till the morning of the 19th, when I 
found them both dead. They had perished from 
the cold, probably on the frosty night of the 18th, 
for their feathers were all puffed out, and their 
feet close to the down on the bottom of the nest. 
I brought the dead birds and the nest home : 
and I have skinned them and put them in the 
nest, which is placed beside the former one which 
I found on January 16, 1886; and they together 
furnish the record of the early nesting of this 
species at Haywards, four miles from the bay 
shore, and twenty-two miles from San Francisco's 
wind-blown hills. 
[Vol. 11-No. 5 
List of Birds Near Philadelphia 
with the Dates that Sets of 
Eggs were Taken. 

BY HARRY G. PARKER, CHESTER, PA. 

1. Wood Thrush, (J/ylocichla mustelina), May 
26th to June 10th. Common. 
2. Wilson’s Thrush, (/ylocichla fuscescens), June 
6th. Rare. 
7. American Robin, (Merula migratoria), May 
ist to June 30th. Common. 
12. Catbird, (Galeoscoptes carolinensis), May 24th. 
Common. 
13. Brown Thrasher, (Zlarporhynchus rufus), 
May 13th to June 15th. Common. 
22. Bluebird, (Sialia sivlis), May 15th to June 
30th. Common. 
41. Black-capped Chickadee, (Purus atricap- 
tllus), May 2d. Rare. 
D1. White-bellied Nuthatch, (Sefta cvrolinensi), 
May Ist. Rare. 
60. Carolina Wren, (Zr yothorus ludovicianus), 
April 13th to June 2d. Rare. 
63. House Wren, (7Troglodytes wdon), May 1st to 
15th. Common. 
67. Long-billed Marsh Wren, (7elmatodytes 
palustris), June 12th to 18th. Common. 
74. Black-and-White Creeper, (Widotilta varia), 
June 4th. Rare. 
77. Worm-eating Warbler, (2elininthotherus 
vermivorus), June 3d. Rare, 
79. Blue-winged Yellow Warbler, (Z/edmintho- 
phaga pinus), May 28th. Rare. 
88. Blue Yellow-backed Warbler, 
americana), June 10th. Rare. 
(Purula 
93. Summer Yellow Bird, (Dendraca wstiva), 
June Ist to 10th. Common. 
115. Golden-crowned Thrush, (Sévrus auricc- 
pilus), June 10th. Common. 
119. Kentucky Warbler, (Operornis formosa), 
June Ist. Rare. 
122. Maryland Yellow-throat, (G@eothlypis tri- 
chas,) Jane 1st to 10th. Common. 
123. Yellow-breasted Chat, (/eteria edrens), May 
30th. Common. 
128. American Redstart, (Setophaga ruticilla), 
June 5th. Common. ~ 
135. Red-eyed Vireo, ( Vireosylvia olivacea), June 
18th. Common. 
139. Warbling Vireo, (Vireosylvia gilva), June 
Sth. Common, 
143. White-eyed Vireo, (Vireo noveboracensis), 
June 10th. Rare. 
151. Cedar Waxwing, (Ampelis cedrorum), June 
15th. Rare. 
