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"which the incubation was but slightly 

 advanced in all. An abnormal set. 



41. May 20, 1909, same locality as 

 preceding. — One fresh egg in Field 

 Sparrow's nest containing three fresh 

 eggs of the owner. 



42. May 23, 1909, Collegeville, Phila- 

 delphia County, Pa. — One fresh egg in 

 Yellow Warbler's nest containing 

 three fresh eggs of the owner. 



43. June 18, 1909, Andalusia, Bucks 

 County, Pa. — One addled egg in Yel- 

 low Warbler's nest containing an in- 

 fertile egg of the owner. 



44. June 18, 1909, same locality as 

 above. — One infertile egg in Yellow 

 Warbler's nest containing two infer- 

 tile eggs and two half-grown young of 

 the owner. 



45. July 8, 1909, Bustleton, Philadel- 

 phia County, Pa. — One punctured, rot- 

 ten egg in empty Indigo Bunting's 

 nest. 



46. May 6, 1910, Crescentville, Phil- 

 adelphia County, Pa. — One highly in- 

 cubated egg in Cardinal's nest con- 

 taining three eggs of the owner, and 

 all with large embryos. 



47. June 2, 1910, Fox Chase, Phila- 

 delphia County, Pa. — One punctured 

 egg (fresh) in empty Cardinal's nest. 



48. June 17, 1910, Holmesburg, Phil- 

 adelphia County, Pa. — One egg with 

 dead embryo one-third developed, in 

 Red-eyed Vireo's nest containing two 

 nestlings several days old of the own- 

 er. 



49. May 25, 1911, Rockledge, Mont- 

 gomery County, Pa. — One egg about 

 three days incubated in Ovenbird's 

 nest' containing four of the owner all 

 about as far advanced in incubation. 



50. May 28, 1911, Gladwyne, Mont- 

 gomery County, Pa. — One egg one- 

 third incubated in Chewink's nest con- 

 taining three eggs of the owner in 

 about the same state of incubation. 



51. June 6, 1911, same locality as 

 preceding. — One fresh egg in Indigo 



Bunting's nest containing one fresh 

 egg of the owner. 



52. June 14, 1911, Bustleton, Phila- 

 delphia County, Pa. — One fresh egg in 

 Red-eyed Vireo's nest containing two 

 or three broken eggs (shells of the 

 owner.) 



53. May 1, 1912, same locality as 

 preceding. — One pipped egg in Car- 

 dinal's nest containing one new born 

 young and two pipped eggs of the 

 owner. 



54. May 5, 1912, same locality as. 

 above. One half-incubated egg in Car- 

 dinal's nest containing three eggs of 

 the owner, in which incubation was. 

 aboue one-half in two and infertile in 

 the third. 



55. May 23, 1912, same locality as 

 last. — One fresh egg in empty and de- 

 serted nest of the Yellow-breasted 

 Chat. 



Richard F. Miller. 



There have been two Sunny Owls 

 shot here (Northeastern Philadelphia) 

 this winter. One was taken by an un- 

 cle and both specimens have been 

 mounted. 



Richard F. Miller. 



Nesting Dates for Pennsylvania and 

 New Jersey. 



1. Least Bittern, June 15; 5 eggs. 



2. American Bittern, May 26; 4 eggs. 



3. Great Blue Heron, April 8; 6 eggs. 



4. Green Heron, May 12; 4 eggs. 



5. Night Heron, Apr. 9; comp'd nests. 



6. Clapper Rail, July 2; 2 eggs. 



7. Sora Rail, May 26; 4 eggs. 



8. Virginia Rail, May 28; 6 eggs. 



9. Black Rail, July 2; 8 eggs. 



10. Florida Gallenule, June 15; 7 eggs. 



11. Killdeer, May 6; 4 eggs. 



12. Bob-white, May 28; 21 eggs. 



13. Ruffed Grouse, May 9; 8 eggs. 



14. Mourning Dove, May 27; 2 eggs. 



15. Marsh Hawk, May 25; 5 eggs. 



16. Cooper's Hawk, May 16; 4 eggs.. 



