AMERICAN ORNirilOWur. 287 



Every year there comes a pair of Whip-poor-wills to a swamp about 

 a quarter of a mile from my home. This year I made up my mind to 

 find their nest, so a few nights ago with a companion, I went down to the 

 swamp. It was about fifteen minutes past eight and already the Whip- 

 poor-will's notes could be heard. On the edg^ of the swamp were 

 low pines, and as we reached these the Whip-poor-will seemed about 

 ten yards from us. As we walked toward him he circled above our 

 heads and in a moment the female flew up from under our feet. We 

 lit a match and looked about on the ground, and there by a stump on 

 the pine straw lay a young whippoorwill beside an egg. The young 

 looked as if just hatched and the next morning I went there and there 

 sat two young ones and the mother within about a foot of the nest- I 

 came away without molesting her. 



Orren W. Turner, 



Tarboro, N. C. 



I have been watching the nest of a Partridge or Ruffed Grouse. I 

 found it May eighth. It was on a rock up against a tree. There were 

 ten eggs. I visited it June first. The young birds had just hatched 

 and were leaving the nest. Some of them were quite a ways from the 

 nest. I have seen thirty-two different species of birds this year. 



Charles H. Abbott, 



Antrim, N. H. 



I have just come from my sister's room, where I have been watching 

 four young robins. The nest is built in a corner where the house jogs 

 out, and you can touch it without putting your hand out of the window. 

 Just as I looked out at them from behind the curtain, so as not to scare 

 the old bird, there was a swish, and the old bird flew up and began to- 

 feed them. 



After she had gone I pushed back the curtain and looked at them. 

 They were not at all afraid of me, but stared at me with their bright 

 little eyes for all they were worth. 



They are dark brown with light reddish brown spots on top, and yel- 

 low with dark brown spots underneath. Their heads are dark brown,, 

 with black streaks by the eyes. 



They are about the size of a Phoebe now- Their bills are long and 

 black, and their feet are yellow. 



I went up to look at the Robins again, a minute ago, and when they 

 saw me, two of them flew away. I went to another window to look at 

 them again, and the other two flew and lit right under the window. I 



