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Bird -Lore 



The prospect of securing a world's record was so inviting that, during the 

 last week of June, 1915, 1 made a census of all birds nesting on the acre adjoin- 

 ing our house and barns, with the result that we found fifty-nine pairs of birds 

 with young or eggs in the nest on that acre, the highest number of land-birds 



A BLUEBIRD'S NEST BOX, IN WHICH A PAIR OF BLUEBIRDS REARED 

 THREE BROODS IN 1914, AND AGAIN IN 1915 



inhabiting one acre that has yet been reported to the Department of Agriculture 

 or to any Audubon society. The details of the census are presented below: 



LIST OF BIRDS NESTING ON ONE ACRE ADJACENT TO THE HOUSE AND BARNS 

 OF GILBERT H. GROSVENOR IN THE WEEK OF JUNE 1 5-2 1, 1915 



(Only pairs whose nests were located with young or eggs in them are counted.) 



Flicker* i pair 



Bluebird* i " 



Yellow Warbler i " 



House Wren* 14 pair 



Robin 7 " 



Kingbird i "' 



Martins* 26 " 



Total 59 pairs 



English Sparrows o 



Orchard Oriole 2 " 



Catbird 2 " 



Song Sparrow i " 



Chipping Sparrow 2 " 



Phoebe i " 



The asterisk (*) indicates pairs nesting in boxes put up by the family. 



A similar census made of the second adjoining acre showed thirty-three 

 pairs nesting in this area, as follows: 



