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and 11th respectively, Great-crested Flycatchers, and a Brown Thrasher 

 were added to the list of , new arrivals. On May 12th it was my privi- 

 lege to make my first acquaintance with the American Redstart, a little 

 gem of color flitting among the new green leaves of a spreading beech 

 tree. He was extremely active and was soon lost to sight among the 

 higher branches. On the same day I was greeted with the various 

 mocking cries of the Yellow-breasted Chat, and several of them re- 

 mained in the locality all summer. An early morning walk on the 19th 

 of May discovered a Green Heron obtaining his breakfast from the 

 brook, and upon my approach he flew to a near-by willow and there 

 stood in motionless watchfulness. A large number of other birds were 

 to be seen in and around "Meadow-Brook" at various times, but it is 

 the writer's intention to confine this article to those things closely con- 

 nected with this particular locality. Aside from those mentioned, I 

 noticed the Yellow Warbler on one or two occasions, and the Maryland 

 Y^ellow-throat nested there in numbers. 



Now for a few words concerning the nest building which occurred in 

 "Meadow-Brook." The list was headed by a Robin, whose nest was 

 found on April 26th, placed in a small maple tree along the creek; con- 

 tained three fresh eggs. The next find was the nest of a Song Spar- 

 row, placed in a pile of brush (April 28,) containing three fresh eggs. 

 Upon calling there again on May 15, the nest contained four little ones. 

 On the original walk, April 28th, it occurred to the writer to look under 

 a road bridge which we were passing, and we were delighted to find 

 the nest of a Phoebe Bird placed on one of the girders or wooden sup- 

 ports. It contained six white eggs well advanced. On May 2nd I dis- 

 covered the nest of a Blue Bird, but could not see inside owing to its 

 being deep down in a hollow scrub tree. A pair of Flickers also nested 

 in a tall maple near an old tumble-down spring house. The upper por- 

 tion of the trunk was decayed and a round hole near the top told where 

 the nest was. May 14th, while walking through my favorite district, I 

 noticed a Field Sparrow jump out of a bunch of tall grass almost under 

 my feet, and investigation revealed a beautiful little nest with four un-i 

 form eggs in it; the bird was then setting. The following day I found 

 .another Song Sparrow's nest containing five eggs — four uniform and 

 the fifth much lighter and differently colored. May 22nd, while walk- 

 ing by a thick clump of briars, I was attracted by the sweet and vari- 

 able notes of a Brown Thrasher, and upon searching the briars care- 

 fully I found a newly completed nest with one egg. Four days later 

 iour eggs were deposited; nest composed of sticks, grass and small 

 Toots. A short time afterwards I came upon the nest of a Cat Bird in 

 a tall bunch of alders by the old spring house before mentioned; nest 



