THE 
18. Song Sparrow (Melospiza melo- 
dia). Common. A nest with four 
young found on July 31, and a nest 
with three eggs in Temple on August 
1, the latter being built on the ground. 
19. Chewink (Pipilo erythrophthal- 
mus). Common. 
20. Indigo bird (Passerina cyanea). 
A bird sang constantly near the house 
where I stopped. 
21. Scarlet Tanager, (Piranga ery- 
thromelas). Two or three heard sing- 
ing in Sharon, July 14-22, 
22. Barn Swallow (Hirundo eryth- 
rogaster). Not common. 
x 238. Cedarbird (Bombycilla cedro- 
rum). Fairly common. 
24. Red-eyed Vireo (Vireosylvia 
olivacea). Common, A nest with 
three eggs found on July 28th by my 
brother. 
x 25. Solitary Vireo (Lanivireo sol- 
itarius), Two or three singing birds 
seen, July 15-27. 
x 26. Black-and-White Warbler, 
(Mniotilta varia). Fairly common, 
July 15-27. 
x 27. Parula 
lypis a usneae), 
on July 22. 
x 28. Black-throated Blue Warbler, 
(Dendroica coerulescens). Two males 
seen July 27 and 29th respectively. 
x 29. Myrtle Warbler, (D. corona- 
ta). Not common; first seen July 15, 
a Singing bird. Several young seen. 
30. Chestnut-sided Warbler, (D.pen- 
sylvanica). About five seen. 
x 31. Black-throated Green Warb- 
ler (D. virens). Common. I found a 
nest containing four young in Sharon 
on July 15th in a situation so far as I 
know unique—fifteen feet up on a 
nearly horizontal smal] branch of an 
apple tree in an abandoned orchard. 
Warbler, (Comsoth- 
One seen in Sharon 
The bird was seen feeding the young. 
On July 17th after a storm, the nest 
was empty, though the birds were too 
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young to have left it naturally. Inter- 
nally, it is of fine grass stalks, lined 
with some hair; outwardly, its mater- 
ials are more miscellaneous, being 
bark strips, fine twigs, silvery fibre, 
a few grass stalks, with much bark 
from the Paper Birch. 
Another nest found by my brother 
held four fresh eggs on July 30th. 
Placed three and one-half feet out on 
a horizontal Black Spruce limb, it was 
closely covered above by a branchlet 
from the same limb, but was very evi- 
dent from below. 
x 52. Blackburnian Warbler, (Den- 
droica fusca). A male seen in Sharon 
on July 15th. 
33. Oven bird, (Seiurus aurocapil- 
lus). Fairly common. 
x 34. Water-thrush, (Seiurus nove- 
boracensis). Saw a single bird in com- 
pany with Warblers and Chickadees in 
Sharon on July 23d, noting his white 
superciliary, entirely spotted wunder- 
parts and caudel irritability. 
x 35. Maryland Yellow-throat (Geo- 
thlypis trichas). Fairly common. 
x 36. Canadian Warbler, (Wilsonia 
canadensis). Three or four’ seen, 
July 15-27, Sharon. 
x 37. Redstart, (Setophaga ruticil- 
la). A female seen in Peterboro, July 
ie 
38. Catbird, (Dumetella carolinen- 
sis). One or two heard and seen. 
39. Brown Thrasher (Toxastoma 
rufum. One or two seen. 
x 40. Red-breasted Nuthatch (Sit- 
ta canadensis). Saw one on Mt. Tem- 
ple, at about 1800 feet, July 27; heard 
another July 30, in Sharon. 
x 41. Chickadee, (Penthestes atri- 
capillus). Common. 
x 42. Golden-crowned Kinglet, (Reg- 
ulus satrapa). One seen July 17; on 
July 27, I saw in Sharon a brood of 
five or more, accompanied by the male, 
at least. I noted, from close range 
