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ing season in the latter part of June. Even then they will be seen ia 

 numbers in favorite cherry trees, but they come and go as individuals^ 

 and not in a flock. Their nest is constructed of weeds, grasses, root^ 

 lets and moss skillfully interwoven, and is lined with fine grasses. In 

 favorable localities they seem- to prefer to place the nest in an apple 

 tree, and in New England at least, I have seen ten in an apple orchard 

 to one in any other kind of a tree. Although nearly as large as a 

 Robin's nest it is not nearly as easy to see, for they seem to be more 

 skillful in concealing them with overhanging leaves. Their manners 

 during the nesting period are of unusual interest, because of the differ- 

 ences they present from those of other birds. 



On June 15th of last year a Cedar Bird was observed gathering cob- 

 webs from a caterpillar's nest. This she carried to a lone apple tree 

 standing in a large meadow and only a short distance from one of the 

 boundary walls. No investigation was made at the time, but a note 

 was taken for future reference, and on June 30th an examination of the 

 tree revealed a typical Cherry-bird's nest containing four eggs. The 



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Photo from life. 



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