THE OOLOGIST. 



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eggs taken May 2, '92 measure 1.46x1.12 

 1,52x1.15, 1.47x1.14, 1.55x1.12. 



2. Chuck-wills-widow. Antroslomus 

 carolinensis. A tolerably common sum- 

 mer resident. A set of two eggs taken 

 May 14th, '91, measure 1.43x.97 and 1.47 

 xl.OO; these were laid on bare ground 

 in the woods. 



3. Chimney Swift. Ghcetura pelagica . 

 Common summer resident, A nest tak- 

 en June 20th, '90, was made of small 

 sticks glued together and placed in a 

 chimney of an occupied house. This 

 contained five eggs, which measure .76x 

 .51, .74x.51, .72x.51 .70x.48, .76x.ol. 



4. Ruby-throated Hummingbird. Tro- 

 chilus colubris. Common summer resi- 

 dent. A nest with two eggs was tak- 

 en May 9th, '91. 



5. Kingbird. Tyr annus tyr annus. A 

 common summer resident. Nests in the 

 tall sycamores and oaks, and sometimes 

 in apple trees. Nest made of almost 

 any convenient material, lined with fine 

 grass. Eggs, three or four; a set tak- 

 en May 25th, '91, measure .90x.70, .94x 

 .72, .92x.73. 



6. Acadian Flycatcher. Empidonax 

 acadicus. A common summer resident. 

 Nest suspended usually at end of a 

 swinging beech limb, but sometimes in 

 oak and hollies, from 8 to 25 feet up, us- 

 ually about 10 feet from ground; some 

 nests are made of various kinds of ma- 

 terial, such as small sticks, grass, fine 

 black moss, etc., while the greater num- 

 ber are made entirely of green moss. 

 The birds seem to prefer to nest along 

 the edges of the small swamps. Eggs, 

 usually three in number, but sometimes 

 only two. A set taken May 21st, '91, 

 measure .71x.55, .70x.54, .71x.54. An- 

 other set taken May 19th, '92, measure 

 .75x.54, .77x.54, .78x.54. 



7. Chipping Sparrow. Spizella social- 

 is. Common resident. Eggs three or 

 four. A set taken May 25th, '91, meas- 

 ure .67x.51, .71x.52, .71x.52, 76x.49. 



8. Cardinal. Gardinalis cardinalis. 

 Tolerably common resident. A nest 



taken April 30th, '92, was made of weed 

 and vine stems, dry leaves, reed, grape- 

 vine, bark, lined with fine grass stems, 

 and was placed six feet up, in a holly 

 bush; this contained three fresh eggs 

 which measure .99x.73, 1.01x.73, .96x 

 .72. 



9. Indigo Bunting. Passerina cyanea. 

 Tolerably common summer resident, 

 but I have seen but one nest, this was 

 found June 1st, '91 and contained three 

 incubated eggs. The nest was made of- 

 leaves and reed shucks, weed stems, 

 etc., lined with fine grass, laced in the. 

 forks of a small oak bush 2 feet up. 

 Sizes of eggs: .70x.49, .72x.52, .70x.51. 



10. Summer Tanager. Piragarubra. 

 A nest with three eggs of this species 

 was taken May 9th, '91, from an oak 

 tree about 15 feet up. 



11. Purple Martin. Prognesubis. Very 

 common summer resident, arriving the. 

 latter part of March. Nest in bird box 

 and made of twigs and leaves. Eggs 

 four, five or six in number. A set of 

 six eggs taken May 20th, '92, measure 

 .98x.72, ,99x.72, 1.00x.72, .94x.70, ,91x.71, 

 .94x.71. 



12. Rough-winged Swallow. Stelgid- 

 opteryx serripennis. Common summer 

 resident. Nests in holes in banks along 

 Albemarle Sound. A nest taken May 

 19th, '92, was of grass and dry green 

 leaves placed in a hole two i'eet deep in 

 a bank. This contained seven fresh 

 eggs which measure .77x.53, .73x.51, 

 .71x.52, .72x.52, .74x.53, .74x.52, .72x.52, 



13. Red-eyed Vireo. Vireo olivaceous. 

 A common summer resident. A nest 

 was taken June 4th, '92, which contain- 

 ed three eggs. This nest was made of 

 bark, rotten wood, moss and spider 

 webs, lined with grapevine bark, sus- 

 pended 7 feet up, below forks, at end of 

 a dogwood limb. Sizes of eggs .80x.57, 

 .79x.56, .79x.56. 



14. White-eyed Vireo. Vireo novebor-. 

 acensis. A common summer resident. 

 A nest with three eggs was taken June 

 22d, '91. 



