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THE OOLOGIST 



Birds of Foster R. I. 



The following is a list of birds which 

 I have found nesting in the town of 

 Foster, Rhode Island. 



May 1, 1908: Crow's nest in tall 

 Chestnut tree, made of sticks and 

 grape vine bark; lined with skunk 

 hair, three eggs. 



Phoebe; nest in old building; 4 

 eggs. 



May 10, 1908: Cooper Hawk; nest in 

 tall chestnut tree; 5 eggs. 



May 15, 1908: Chickadee nest in hole 

 in dead apple tree; 6 eggs. 



May 20, 1908: Song Sparrow, nest 

 in pile of dead brush near water; 4 

 eggs. Brown Thrasher, nest on 

 ground sheltered by brush; 4 eggs. 



May 25, 1908: Chipping Sparrow, 

 nest on limb of apple tree; 3 eggs. 



May 28, 1908: Oven bird, nest on 

 ground, 5 eggs. Barn swallow, nest 

 in old building; 3 eggs; Least Fly- 

 catcher, nest on limb of apple tree; 4 

 eggs. 



May 29, 1908: Catbird, nest in bunch 

 of brush; 4 eggs. 



May 30, 1908: Rose-breasted Gros- 

 beak, nest in white birch; 5 eggs. 

 Chestnut-sided Warbler; nest in low 

 brush in pasture; 3 eggs. 



June 3, 1908: Tree Swallows, nest 

 in box nailed to a tree; 5 eggs. 



•June 4, 1908: Scarlet Tanager, nest 

 on oak limb high up; 4 eggs. 



.June 20, 1908: Maryland Yellow- 

 throat, nest in bunch of lilies near 

 ground; 4 eggs. 



.July 5, 1908: Indigo Bunting, nest 

 in low brush; 2 young birds. 



.July 7, 1908; Towhee, nest on 

 ground in dumb of brush; 3 eggs. 



July 9, 1908: Wood Pewee, nest on 

 maple limb; 4 young birds. 



April 21, 1909: White-breasted Nu- 

 thatch, nest in hole in apple tree; 7 

 eggs. Red-tailed Hawk, nest in chest- 

 nut tree, one-half of a full grown grey 

 squirrel was lying on the edge of the 

 nest; 3 eggs. Red-shouldered Hawk, 

 nest in chestnut tree high up; 4 eggs. 



May 14, 1909: Broad-winged Hawk, 

 nest in white oak tree; 3 eggs. 



May 18, 1909: Downy Woodpecker, 

 nest in hole in maple limb, 5 eggs. 



May 21, 1909: Flicker, nest in hole 

 in dead stub, 7 feet up; 5 eggs. 



May 22, 1909: Blue Jay, nest in 

 small pine tree, 5 eggs. 



May 25, 1909: Vesper Sparrow, nest 

 on ground sheltered by bunch of grass 

 in meadow; 4 eggs. Robin, nest In 

 apple tree limb; 4 eggs. 



May 29, 1909: Wood Thrush, nest on 

 limb of hemlock, 3 eggs. 



June 6, 1909: Bluebird, nest in hole 

 in dead limb of apple tree; 4 eggs. 

 Baltimore Oriole, nest on ash limb 

 high up; 4 eggs. Meadowlark, nest 

 on ground in field; 6 young. 



June 11, 1909: Redwing Blackbird, 

 nest in low bush over water; 4 eggs. 

 Red-eyed Vireo, nest hanging on low 

 bush; 4 eggs. 



August 4, 1909; American Goldfinch, 

 nest in fork of peach tree; 5 eggs. 



May 25, 1910: Hairy Woodpecker, 

 nest in hole in living tree, 15 feet up; 

 7 young. 



May 30, 1910: Field Sparrow, nest 

 in bunch of low brush in pasture; 4 

 eggs. Black-billed Cuckoo, nest in 

 bunch of brush in swamp; 2 eggs. 



June 5, 1910: Sharp-shinned Hawk, 

 nest in cedar tree in swamp; 3 eggs. 



.lune 7, 1910: Yellow-throated Vireo, 

 nest hanging to limb of Tulip tree; 3 

 eggs. 



June 15, 1910: American Redstart, 

 nest in fork of small maple tree; 4 

 eggs. 



August 13, 1910: Cedar Waxwing, 

 nest on apple tree limb; 5 eggs. 



F. H. Holley. 



It may interest your Eastern read- 

 ers to hear that, during the present 

 season of 1910, the Anna's Hummers 

 in this vicinity began mating during 

 the latter part of October. I saw the 

 first male performing his evolutions 

 about the female on October 30th; 

 but Mr. Bradford Torrey noticed one 

 a few days earlier. 



Nn November 4th I saw three pairs 

 courting, concerning which my note- 

 book says, "With two of these pairs 

 the female followed the male after on- 

 ly a very little persuasion. In one 

 case the male flew to the female and 

 gently caressed her with his bill, when 

 she at once followed him to a tree 

 some twenty yards away. He again 

 caressed her with his bill, stroking her 

 gently on head and back, when she at 

 once followed him out of sight." 



J. H. Bowles, 

 Santa Barbara, Cal. 



