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(12) Red-winged Blackbird — Age- 

 laius phoenicous. Common on twenty- 

 eight days and numerous nests found 

 throughout the country where ever 

 swampy and marshy grounds were lo- 

 cated. 



(13) American Crow — Corvus bra- 

 chyrhynchos. Present on fifteen days 

 and usually quite common. Two nests 

 were located in a small swamp in 

 southern Bloomfield in immense elms 

 about sixty feet from the ground. 



(14) Flicker — Colaptes auratus lu- 

 teus. Present on seventeen days and 

 fifteen nests were located all of which 

 contained completed sets in an advanc- 

 ed stage of incubation. 



(15) Purple Grackle — Quiscalus 

 quiscula. Present on twelve days and 

 on most of these days were quite com- 

 mon. Two nests were located in a 

 pine near Bloomfield Centre. 



(16) Chipping Sparrow — Spizella 

 passerina. Common on sixteen days. 

 Five nests located, each of which con- 

 tained broods of four and five fledg- 

 lings. 



(17) Junco — Junco hyemalis. One 

 of this species appeared on the 1st 

 day. 



(18) Barn Swallow — Hirundo ery- 

 throgastra. Common on twenty-one 

 days and two nests located with six 

 eggs in each in old barns near the 

 northern limits of the county. 



(19) Grasshopper Sparrow — Ammo- 

 dramus savannarum australis. Pres- 

 ent on three days in the northern part 

 of the county. On each of these days 

 a single nest was located containing 

 uncompleted sets. 



(20) Yellow Warbler — Dendroica 

 aestiva. Common on twenty-one days 

 and numerous nests were located, all 

 of which contained eggs well advanc- 

 ed in incubation. 



(21) Pine Warbler — Dendroica vig- 

 orsi. One individual of this species 

 on the 2d. 



(22) Wilson Thrush — Hylocichla 

 fuscesons. Present on six days. No 

 nests located this year, but in prior 

 years usually one or two were found in 

 isolated spots in this county. 



(23) Spotted Sandpiper — Ac tit is 

 macularia. Present on sixteen days on 

 Newark Meadows and when present 

 were usually very abundant. 



(24) Catbird — Dumetella carolin en- 

 sis. Present and common on eleven 

 days. Three nests with young found 

 in Branch Brook Park. 



(25) Black and White Warbler — 

 Mniotilla varia. Found on four days. 

 Quite common on the eleventh. 



(26) Least Flycatcher — Bmpidonax 

 minimus. Common on fourteen days. 

 Four nests located in maple saplings 

 containing in each case a completed 

 set of four eggs well along in incuba- 

 tion. 



(27) Cedar Waxwing — Bombycilla 

 cedrorum. Present in small flocks on 

 the 2d, 15th, 19th and 28th. 



(28) Field Sparrow— -Spizella pusil- 

 la. Common on nine days and twenty- 

 seven nests located in hedgerows in 

 numerous places about the county. 

 Some contained young four or five days 

 old and others eggs which had just 

 been laid. 



(29) Chimney Swift — Chaetura pel 

 agica. Present in goodly numbers on 

 fifteen days, and two nests were lo- 

 cated containing freshly laid eggs in 

 several house chimneys. 



(30) Tree Swallow — Iridoprocne 

 bicolor. Common on fifteen days but 

 no nests found this year where they 

 have heretofore been located. 



(31) Killdeer— Oxyechus vociferus. 

 Present on the 2d, 3d, 5th, 13th and 



. 15th. Quite common on the 13th. 



(32) Yellow Palm Warbler— Den- 

 droica palmarum hypochrysea. One 

 of this species appeared on the 3d. 



(33) Blue Jay— Cyanocitta crista- 

 ta. Common on ten days. No nests 



