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when the very 'heavy rains of 'early June flooded the region 

 and destroyed all of the nests. The fifth nest was not dis- 

 coven-ed until June 27 when on a close examination, a bit of 

 supposed drift material lodged in a small tree was found to 

 be a nest of this species filled with mud, leaves, and sticks. 

 In the bottom two rotten eggs were found. The river re- 

 mained high for only a few days but the water continued to 

 flow through the old channel until ]ime 25. This converted 



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the region into an island and kept the small boys out. On 

 June 25 I succeeded in crossing to this island and found that 

 .the R'ed-wings had used to good advantage the |)eriod of 

 isolation. The old nests were filled with mud and leaves 

 but there were also four new ones containing }oung just 

 hatched. All of these nests \\ere placed on slightly higher 

 ground than the jn-eceding ones. All were very flimsy and 

 reseml)led the nest of the Grosbeak more than the usual Red- 

 wing tvpe. One was placed in a willow about six feet from 



