Sept, 1883.] 



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often lost sets of eggs by them ; and knew 

 of one killing a Chickadee and throwing 

 her out of the nest and taking possession 

 of it. The Gray Squirrel destroys the 

 nests of Golden-winged Woodpeckers, and 

 he has to blame him for destroying a set of 

 Hairy Woodpecker's eggs. 



Notes from Greenfield, Mass, 



While collecting on the 18th of June I 

 found a nest of Dendroeca hlackhumifA^, 

 Blackburnian Warbler, which contained 

 three eggs; and to identify them I shot 

 the female. The nest was situated about 

 thirty feet high in a maple tree. It is a 

 very plain structiu'e resembling that of the 

 Purple Finch. The eggs are white with a 

 bluish tint and spotted with reddish-brown 

 and lilac, chiefly about the larger end. 



Sitta earolinensis, (White-bellied Nut- 

 hatch.) A nest found by me contained four 

 eggs. I took them all and put in a wooden 

 egg and in that way I managed to get 

 tweh'e eggs. The nest was in a hole two 

 feet from the ground and measui'ed two by 

 two and one-half inches. 



I have stuffed about 105 birds and made 

 over eighty skins. Among some of the 

 rare birds I have shot are the Wliite- 

 winged Crossbills, five : Cape May Warbler, 

 one ; Blue-headed Vireo, two ; Shore Lark, 

 one ; Yellow-bellied Woodpecker, one ; 

 Pine Finch, one. 



Among the rare eggs I have collected 

 are Pine-creeping Warbler, Blue-headed 

 Vireo, Wliite bellied Nuthatch, Blackburn- 

 ian Warbler, Hermit Thrush, Broad-winged 

 Hawk, Whipi^oorwill, four Humming Bird's 

 nests. Scarlet Tanager, Red-bellied Nut- 

 hatch, &c. — 8. W. Cotnstock. 



Arrivals. Pine Grosbeaks arrived Dec. 

 10th, and were seen at intervals till March 

 24th. On several occasions I saw flocks of 

 forty or fifty individuals, but usually from 

 ten to twenty in a flock. Females were 

 much more abundant than males. 



Feb. 23d I saw the first Shore Lark that 

 I ever saw in this localitv. It was in the 



highway, and as I drove along it would 

 fly a few yards in advance of me and alight, 

 then fly again, keeping on in this way for 

 two miles. 



Ajiril 4 a flock of birds, which from the 

 description given me of them must have 

 been Red Crossbills, were seen at this 

 place. Birds arrive very late this spring 

 as the following dates show : 



Robin, March 16 ; Pine Finch, March 22 ; Bhiebird, Mar. 

 26; Pileated Woodpecker, Mar. 26 ; Song Sparrow, April 2 ; 

 Blue Snowbird, April 3 ; Phoebe, April 5 ; Grass Pinch, Apr. 

 5 ; Downy and Hairy Woodpeckers, April .5 ; Wilson's 

 Thrush, April 14. 



Although the Downy, Hairy and Pileated 

 Woodpeckers are residents, I have seen 

 none of them during the past winter. — C. 

 O. Tracy, Taftsville, Vt. 



RosE-BREASTED Grosbeak. May 24, '83, 

 I found a nest of the Rose-breasted Gros- 

 beak containing one egg. The female flew 

 from the nest as I approached and alighted 

 in a low tree very near me. When I visit- 

 ed the place the following day the male 

 bird was upon the nest. I waited until 

 there were four eggs and then took them, 

 feeling jiroud enough of my prize. These 

 birds have never been seen in this locality 

 before to my knowledge. They were 

 strangers to me but it didn't take me long 

 to get acquainted with them. Are they 

 common in any j)ortions of Eastern Conn ? 

 I have found Cowbird's eggs very common 

 this Summer. Have twice found three of 

 their eggs in nests of the Red-eyed Vireo. 

 Have found several nests of the Golden- 

 crowned Thrush and noticed remarkable 

 variations in the markings of their eggs. — 

 Chas. E<ilv\ Prior, Jeiaett City, Conn. 



Late Nesting. — July 4, found fresh eggs 

 of Marsh Hawk and Mallard Duck. Collec- 

 ting, notwithstanding unfavorable weather, 

 has been very good— 13 sets 565 ; 14 sets 

 555 ; 7 sets 430 ; 3 sets 442 ; 5 sets 256. 

 — G. 8. Ayersborg, Vermillion, I), T. 



Swamp Sparrow. In the O. and O. for 

 Dec. 1, 1882, I recorded a Swamp Spar- 

 row's nest. It was so recorded by mistake, 

 and should be Song Sparrow. — C. H. 

 Wilder. 



