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nests with four eggs were found but 

 only one with five eggs in. 



Sage Thrasher — One nest with four 

 eggs. 



Western House Wren — Common. 

 One pair raised two broods in a tin 

 can on our woodshed. 



Red-breasted Nuthatch — One nest 

 found .June 16, 1911, containing eight 

 eggs. 



Chicadee — Not very often seen. 



Cliff Swallows — Common. The 

 eaves of the Presbyterian church at 

 Rockford are a favorite nesting place 

 for a big colony.- 



Barn Swallows — Rare. One nest 

 found in 1909. 



Western Robin — Common every- 

 where. 



Western Bluebird — Common arousm 

 houses, etc. 



Mountain Bluebird — Not rare; one 

 nest of five eggs was found in a tall 

 stump, :\Iay 19, 1911. Besides these 

 four or five other different species 

 have been seen. 



Henry Hestness. 

 Rockford, Wash. 



Some Unusual Nesting Sites. 



On August 18, 1911, I found the nest 

 of an American Goldfinch in a very 

 unusual position near Uniontown, Pa. 

 It was near the top of a chestnut tree 

 about 35 feet from the ground and 

 contained three fresh eggs. This is 

 the highest I have ever found the nest 

 of this bird or have ever read of its 

 being found. 



On June 28, 1910, I found the nest 

 of a Scarlet Tanager near Uniontown, 

 Pa., that was near the top of a large 

 chestnut tree about 75 feet from the 

 ground. To say I was surprised would 

 be putting it mildly for I had never 

 seen or read of a nest of this bird that 

 was half that high. The nest was of 

 the usual type, being very frail and 

 contained four eggs that were almost 



hatched. The birds-made quite a fuss 

 when I reached the nest, both of them 

 often coming quite near. 



While hunting for nests on May 13, 

 1911 at Hamarville, Pa., I and a friend, 

 Mr. W. S. Thomas came across a 

 Mourning Dove's nest in a very un- 

 usual place. A large piece of bark had 

 fallen from an old tree and the Doves 

 had built their nest on top of the 

 bark. It was of the usual kind of nest 

 that a Dove builds and contained two 

 slightly incubated eggs. On the 27th, 

 when we went back the eggs had 

 hatched and two weeks later the 

 young had fiown. 



Thos. D. Burleigh. 



Notes From Northern Illinois. 



I have seen from the first of Jan- 

 uary till the present date, ninety dif- 

 ferent birds, forty-five of which nest 

 around here, Highland Park, 111. Some 

 of the rare birds which have been 

 seen in this district are, Jan. 16th, 

 1911, a flock of seven Bohemian Wax- 

 wings and a Kentucky Cardinal is 

 summering here. I saw July 29, 1911, 

 a pair of Carolina Wrens which Mr. 

 Henry K. Coale of this town has al- 

 so seen. July 16, 1911, I saw a pair 

 of Black and White Warblers and 

 watched them for some time, but I 

 could not find their nest if they had 

 any. 



Within one block four birds were 

 found nesting. Rose-breasted Gros- 

 beak three eggs, and two Cowbirds 

 eggs, which I took, and afterward I 

 am sorry to say,, the Blue Jays ate 

 the Grosbeak's eggs. June 11, 1911 

 I found a Brown Thrasher's nest on 

 the ground, with three young. July 

 14th, found an Indigo Bunting's nest 

 with two eggs, and the next day I 

 found a Scarlet Tanager's nest with 

 three eggs. Qn July 12, 1911, in a lit- 

 tle ravine I found a Black billed 

 Cuckoo's nest with three eggs and 

 one Yellow billed Cuckoo's egg. 



Colin C. Sanborn. 



