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61. Oven-bird (Seiurus aurocapilhis) . We have been unable to 

 find a nest of this bird, although they are common enough in the 

 deep, damp woods throughout the county. On June 29th, 1915, 

 however, we were attracted by the distress cries of a pair of Oven- 

 birds, and found the cause to be a snake which had eaten one 

 young bird and was getting ready to catch another which was 

 perched on a nearby bush. The nest from which they had flown 

 could not be found. 



62. Maryland Yellow-throat (Geothlypis t. triclias), June 17th, 

 1915. Nest situated on dry ground in bed of weeds; made of 

 grass, lined with horse hair, and contained five eggs. Another 

 nest with three eggs and two Cowbird eggs, was placed six inches 

 above a foot and a half of water in some cat-tails. The Yellow- 

 throat is abundant throughout the Skokie Marsh, but the nests 

 are rather difiicult to locate in the deep grass. 3. 



63. Redstart (SetopJiaga ruticilla) , June 22nd, 1915. A nest 

 with three eggs was found in some hazel bushes along a well trav- 

 eled road. It was about six feet up, and could easily be reached 

 from a wagon on the road. This warbler nests commonly in Lake 

 County, and places its nest anywhere from three to forty feet above 

 the ground. 9. 



64. Catbird {Dumetella carolinensis) , June 9th, 1915. A set of 

 five eggs was found about three feet up in some thick brush; nest 

 of twigs lined with weeds and grass. Another set of five was found 

 three years ago. This is a very common bird in this locality. 



65. Brown Thrasher (Toxostoma rufum). May 22nd, 1914. A 

 nest located on the ground in a patch of may apples held five eggs. 

 In our experiences, sets of five have been very common in the last 

 two years. 



66. House Wren {Troglodytes a. aedon) , June 3rd, 1914. A 

 bird house placed in a front yard held seven eggs on this date. 

 They nest very commonly in houses put up for them. 12. 



67. Long-billed Marsh Wren {Telmatodytes p. palustris), June 

 15th, 1915. In the middle of the Skokie Marsh on this date we 

 found a nest of the usual globular shaped construction of cat-tails, 

 which contained seven eggs. This wren is very abundant in all 

 the marshes. On June 12th, 1915, out of the fifty nests examined 

 on Beach, only ten contained eggs. 25. 



68. Chickadee (Penthestes a. atricapillus) , May 15th, 1914. A 

 nest with two eggs was found in a stump two feet above the 

 ground. Many holes are partly excavated or even lined with feath- 

 ers or hair every spring, but rarely any eggs are laid. 



69. Wood Thrush (Hylocichla mustelina), May 30th, 1914. Two 

 nests, each about eight feet up in saplings, on the edge of the Sko- 



