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14. One yellow-headed Blackbird (Rare 

 here) ; one pair Brown Thrashers 

 and Cowbirds. 



15. Crow's nest containing five eggs 

 advanced in incubation. One Blue- 

 bird's nest in fence post held four 

 eggs. 



17. Wren's nest containing three eggs. 



18. One Mourning Dove. One Robin 

 nest. 



20 A large flock of Gold finches. Two 

 Tree Swallows, one Least Bittern, 

 and one Mockingbird. Brown 

 Thrasher's nest in bush 2y 2 feet 

 from ground, with four eggs. 



24. Another Robin nest, one Flicker 



nest, three feet from ground. A 

 large number of doves. 



25. One Baltimore Oriole. 



26. One Kingbird. Two Jay nest?, 

 first twenty feet up in small oak, 

 second three feet up in hedge- 

 thorn. One Crow's nest contain- 

 ing four eggs. One Phoebe's nest 

 five eggs, one young. 



27. One Catbird. One Chickadee's 

 nest in fence post, five eggs. One 

 Brown Thrasher's nest just com- 

 pleted. 



28. One Red-winged Blackbird's nest. 



29. One Red-winged Blackbird's nest. 



One Chickadee's nest, one egg. 

 One Crow's nest in oak thirty feet 

 high, crow stayed on nest while 

 I walked underneath, hitherto un- 

 known act. 



30. A great number of Blackbird nests 



today. One crow's nest containing 

 four fresh eggs. One Redbird's 

 nest containing two eggs. One 

 pair Baltimore Orioles. 

 May: 

 1. One Redbird's nest overhanging 

 water, placed on several black- 

 berry vines, water six inches be- 

 low bottom of nest. Nest contain- 

 ed three eggs. 



Ralph R. Wilson. 

 Jonesbnrg, Mo. 



The July issue of the Guide to Na- 

 ture re-publishes the half-tone "The 

 Habitat Group of the Maplewood Mu- 

 seum, Stanford, Connecticut," that 

 first appeared in THE OOLOGIST, 

 showing bird life of the Canadian 

 Zone. The more our exchanges bor- 

 row from THE OOLOGIST the better 

 they will be. 



The Interesting Road-Runner. 



To me, Roadrunners are the mcst 

 interesting and fascinating birds 

 which have come under my observa- 

 tion In the vicinity of my home tho> 

 would hardly be called rare, yet J 

 would hesitate in calling them com- 

 mon. During 1913, three nests we e 

 found, while this year I have fou^i 

 four; one of which has proven a grea : ; 

 source of pleasure to me. 



The first nest, found on April 15, 

 was situated in a tangle of stretchbe:-- 

 ries and bushes, in the main fork ot 

 a stunted oak. It contained ten eggs, 

 whose history was decidedly varied. 

 Four of these eggs were hatched the 

 next day, three more two days later, 

 two were very fresh, and one proved 

 infertile. This would certify the state- 

 ment made by "Bird Lore," some tirob 

 ago, concerning the occupation of ono 

 roadrunner nest, by several birds. 



Nest No. 2 was 3 feet 4 inches from 

 the ground in a bush at the summit of 

 a steep descent. The nest was very 

 rudely constructed, and contained 

 three fresh but soiled eggs on April 25. 



The third nest was in a small val- 

 ley, built on top of a mockingbird 

 nest, about seven feet from the ground. 

 Water often surrounded the tree, and 

 the nest was composed largely of de- 

 bris found on the roots and branches 

 of the tree. On April 28 this nest con- 

 tained three young and one egg. 



As these nests were some distance 

 from my home they were not visited 

 regularly, but one nest about V% mile 



