20 PROCEEDINGS OP THE 



On the morrow we all went up the lake to a spot where Baily 

 had encountered a number of Whip-poor-wills the night before. 

 Here we found our second Oven-bird's nest which contained 

 four eggs and Baily, at length, flushed a Whip-poor-will from 

 its nesting site. Its two eggs had been laid directly upon the 

 ground and when found, were separated by about three-quarters 

 of an inch, indicating how the bird had sat between them with 

 an egg concealed beneath each wing. 



From here it was decided to cross the lake and work down 

 the Tobyhanna Creek below the dam. After crossing we fol- 

 lowed a pair of Black burnian Warblers through the tree- tops 

 with our glasses and thought that we detected them nest-build- 

 ing ; at least, there was a dense bulk of material which they 

 seemed to visit from time to time. Nothing definite could be 

 determined, yet this was the nearest we came during our stay 

 towards determining the nesting site of the species. 



We soon came to an open area characterized by broad grass- 

 fields and individual large spruces. Carter and Baily both had 

 mentioned the trees as favored nesting-sites of the Purple Finch. 

 We were not to be disappointed, for the song of the bird was 

 everywhere and each tree-top seemed to possess at least one pair 

 of birds. Several nests upon the outlying branches of spruces 

 were examined but were found empty, indicating perhaps an 

 earlier nesting season, but I remembered noticing a hen bird 

 acting suspiciously and its later flight to the top of a small 

 spruce not over ten feet in height. I lifted Stuart up and he 

 startled the bird from its nest which contained two eggs. When 

 the nest was again examined two days later it was found to have 

 been destroyed. It is interesting to note that this grove appears 

 to be the nesting site of most of the Purple Finches in the 

 Pocono Lake region, only a few individual birds being heard 

 outside of it during our entire stay. 



From here, during the afternoon we worked down the valley 

 of Tobyhanna Creek. A drizzling rain was falling and the 

 character of the country did not offer an equal opportunity 

 for nest-finding as that above the dam. Three Catbirds' nests 

 and two of the Maryland Yellow-throat were all that this side 

 -excursion netted us. We made an early return to our bungalow. 



