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as the female always staid close by. 

 Is this not rather unusual? 



The eggs proved very heavily incu- 

 bated. This fact I suppose is respon- 

 sible for the females staying close to 

 the nests. The second nest was with- 

 in fifty feet of the first. Is this not 

 rather unusual also? 



I was very glad of a chance to ob- 

 serve the nesting habits of this bird 

 as they are rapidly becoming scarcer 

 each year. 



Later on I had a conversation with 

 the farmer who owned the field in 

 which the nests were found. I asked 

 him if he had noticed any birds nest- 

 ing in his field. He said, "Oh yes, 

 there's a new bird around there. I 

 know them very well, they are 'Night- 

 ingales'." I tried to tell him the truth 

 but nothing could convince him that 

 he was wrong so as "ignorance is 

 bliss" and I had a good set of eggs, I 

 let the argument drop 



A. Benners, V. M. I. 

 Lexington, Va. 



A Brown Thrasher's Nest. 



On May 20 of this year I found a 

 Brown Thrasher's nest with two eggs. 



One of the eggs was barely visible. 

 It formed a part of the bottom of the 

 nest and probably was laid before the 

 nest was completed so when the bird 

 finished it, the egg was a part of it, 

 being almost buried in the lining. This 

 nest was deserted June 2. 



I have found many nests of the 

 Brown Thrasher but this is the first 

 that I found to be. constructed in such 

 a manner. 



George E. Koehler. 



Bridgeport, Conn. 



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Notes From the Vicinity of Johnsburg, 

 Missouri. 

 1914— January 

 3. One Turkey Buzzard seen in morn- 

 ing. Also one of Cooper's Hawk. 



13. A small flock of Chickadees were 



seen in evening. 

 19. One Mockingbird. 

 21. A great many Tree Sparrows. 



Temperature was 20 degrees above 



zero. Also a Flicker. 

 February: 



3. One pair of Robins; the sun was 



shining; -temperature 32 degrees 



above zero. 

 21. One Red-headed Woodpecker. 

 25. One Canadian Warbler. Snow on 



ground. 

 28. About 15 Bluebirds. 

 March : 



4. One Meadow Lark in evening 



5. One Robin. 



8. Seven Meadow Larks. 



10. About 75 Bronzed Crackles dur- 

 ing drizzling rain. 



15. One House Wren. 



16-27. During this time Robins and 

 Bronzed Crackles became very 

 common. 



28. One Red-winged Blackbird. One 

 Cooper's Hawk, and a pair of 

 Towhees. 



29-31. A pair of Yellow-bellied Sap- 

 suckers. Thousand of Bronzed 

 Grackles and hundred of Robins. 

 April: 

 3. One pair of Hermit Thrushes. - 



6. One Chimney Swift. 



7. One Sandhill Crane. 



8. One Great Northern Shrike. 



12. Several Wilson Snipes. Found 



Crow's nest in crab apple 11 feet 

 from ground, contained four eggs, 

 three similar, fourth greatly elong- 

 ated with black all over large end, 

 elsewhere sparsely specked. Found 

 one Red-bellied Woodpecker's 

 nest in dead elm 12 feet from 

 ground. One Blue Jay's nest in 

 cedar tree, twenty feet from 

 ground. 



13. Found another crow's nest 60 feet 

 up in oak, , 



