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lecting a nesting site, they show a 

 great preference for grape-vines, al- 

 though small trees are sometimes 

 used. Out of all the nests that I found 

 last year, but one was located in a 

 small tree, the others being in grape- 

 vines. 



The height of the nest from the 

 ground varies from three to ten feet 

 from the ground, five feet being the 

 commonest. Two broods are often 

 raised in one year, but I have never 

 found them raising a third brood, my 

 latest nest being found on the 10th of 

 June, 1911, containing threee fresh 

 eggs. 



Their nests are very loosely con- 

 structed of weed-stems, grasses and 

 grape vine bark, lined with fine red 

 rootlets (rarely grasses) and almost 

 invariably contain three eggs. Dur- 

 ing all my experiences with the Car- 

 dinal I have found but one nest con- 

 taining more than three, and that was 

 on the 18th of May of this year, con- 

 taining four. When the bird is flush- 

 ed from the nest, and I have found 

 her a pretty close sitter, — she becomes 

 quite excited and joined by the male, 

 makes quite a lot of fuss. 



Thos. D. Burleigh. 

 Pittsburg, Pa. 



A. O. U., gives its northern range as 

 "Casual to North Carolina." 



H. H. Bailey. 

 Newport News, Va. 



A Record. 



On June 3d, 1912, there appeared a 

 pair of Brown Pelican (Pelecanus oc- 

 cidentalis) on Pig Island, Northamp- 

 ton County, Virginia coast. On the 5th 

 inst. some twenty more birds had ar- 

 rived and were still there at the de- 

 parture of H. B. Bailey for the main- 

 land on June 7th. It remains to be 

 seen if they stay to breed. 



In Wm. C. Rives' "Catalogue of 

 the Birds of the Virginias" he gives a 

 rather unauthentic record of a "bird 

 being seen near Cobbs Island in the 

 fall of 1881." Our latest check list, 



A Good Three-Quarters of an Hour's 

 Hunt. 



Hearing a Kentucky Warbler sing- 

 ing in a wood at Rockledge, Mont- 

 gomery County, Pa., on the morning 

 of May 25, 1911, I determined to find 

 its nest if it took me all the day to do 

 so, and during the forty-five minutes 

 I hunted for it I found and collected 

 the following sets, in order named. 

 Not a bad three-quarters of an hour's 

 search, when it is taken into consider- 

 ation that nests of all these species 

 are hard to find, with the exception of 

 the High-hole. 



Flicker, 1-7; Ovenbird 1-4 and Cow- 

 bird; Blue-winged Warbler n-4; Che- 

 wink, n-4; Kentucky Warbler n-4. 



There was also found a Crow's nest 

 with young (not examined) and a 

 Wood Thrush's nest just started. 



Richard F. Miller. 

 Harrowgate, Philadelphia, Pa. 



Unusual Nesting Site of Brewer's 

 Blackbird. 



On May 1st I found what I thought 

 to be a very peculiar nesting site of a 

 pair of Brewer's Blackbirds near the 

 top of a large dead stump. About ten 

 feet up I noticed an entrance to a 

 cavity excavated by Woodpeckers. I 

 climbed the stump, expecting to find 

 a nest of Western Bluebird, as those 

 birds were observed nearby; but was 

 surprised to find four incubated Black- 

 bird eggs on a lining of grasses and 

 hair. 



As I did not see the parent leave the 

 nest, I retired for a distance of about 

 fifty yards. In a few minutes the par- 

 ent bird returned to the nest, but this 

 time did not leave until I rapped on 



