118 THE OOLOGIST 
Frankford, May 27, 1901, 1 egg. 
428, Hummingbird; scarce. Holmes- 
burg, June 7, 1906, 2 eggs. 
444, Kingbird; common. Bustleton, 
June 5, 1897, 4 eggs. 
452, Crested Flycatcher; common. 
Jonesdale, June 14, 1897, 5 eggs. 
456, Phoebe; rather scarce. Holmes- 
burg, May 25, 1898, 2 eggs. 
461, Wood Pewee; not common. 
Wissinoming, deserted nest, June 11, 
1902. 
466a, Alder Flycatcher; exceedingly 
rare. Dr. J. P. Ball collected nest and 
eggs in June, 1909, at Frankford. 
467, Least Flycatcher, rare. A bird 
was seen at Frankford on May 28, 
1905, and another on July 15, 1909, at 
Holmesburg. 
477, Blue Jay; scarce, A pair nest- 
ed in 1907 at Frankford, but I couldn’t 
find their nest. Have several other 
summer records of birds seen. 
488, Crow; common. Frankford, 
April 18, 1898, 5 eggs. 
489, Fish Crow; searce. Jonesdale, 
April 10, 1902, 5 eggs. 
494, Bobolink; exceedingly rare. 
Have seen birds at Bridesburg on 
June 5, 1902 and June 1, 1906. 
495, Cowbird; common. Holmes- 
burg, June 7, 1897, 1 egg in Red-eyed 
Vireo’s nest, 
498, Red-winged 
mon. Blue Grass, 
eges. 
501, Meadow Lark, common. 
ford, June 4, 1898, 5 eggs. 
506, Orchard Oriole, scarce. Holmes- 
burg, June 12, 1897, 4 eggs. 
Blackbird;  com- 
May 20, 1899, 4 
Frank- 
507, Baltimore Oriole; not common. 
Holmesburg, May 17, 1897, 1 egg. 
511, Purple Grackle; common. 
Holmesburg, April 21, 1898, 4 eggs. 
H, 8S. English Sparrow; too abund- 
ant. Frankford, April 23, 1898, 6 eggs. 
529, Goldfinch; not common, Bustle- 
n, September 17, 1897, 1 fledgling. 
540, Vesper Sparrow; common. 
Frankford, June 29, 1897, 38 eggs. 
546, Grasshopper Sparrow; scarce. 
Breeds every summer at Blue Grass, 
but my attempts to find a nest have 
all been failures. 
560, Chipping Sparrow; common. 
Blue Grass, June 3, 1897, 3 eggs. 
563, Field Sparrow; abundant. Jones- 
dale, July 1, 1897, 4 eggs. 
581, Song Sparrow; abundant. Jones- 
dale, May 14, 1897, 4 eggs. 
584, Swamp Sparrow; common. 
Bridesburg, May 27, 1900; 4 eggs. 
587, Towhee; rare, A pair seen at 
Jonesdale all summer of 1909, but I 
failed to find their nest. Have one or 
two other summer records. 
593, Cardinal; not common. Jones- 
dale, June 8, 1898, 2 eggs. 
595, Rose Breasted Grosbeak; rare. 
Jonesdale, May 28, 1907, 2 eggs. 
598, Indigo Bunting; common. Frank- 
ford, May 31, 1898, 3 eggs. 
604, Dickcissel; formerly, but not 
since 1880 at Frankford. 
608, Scarlet Tanager; rather rare. 
Frankford, new nest June 6, 1899. 
611, Purple Martin; locally rare. 
There are occupied colonies at Holmes- 
burg and Bustleton, that have been 
used every year since 1896. 
612, Cliff Swallow; rare if at all. 
Have summer records covering the 
years 1897 to 1901, but have never 
been able to locate a colony or find a 
nest. 
613, Barn Swallow; common, Frank- 
ford, new nests July 7, 1898. 
616, Bank Swallow; rare. Kormerly, 
a small colony at Holmesburg, which 
passed out of existence in 1897, when 
I first found it. These birds however, 
occur here in summer in abundance 
along the river and inland, but thev 
are feeding birds from nearby colo- 
nies over in New Jersey. 
617, Swallow; 
Rough-winged not 
