My Experience with Von Berlepsch Nesting- boxes ii 



Robin, Purple Finch, 



Catbird, Goldfinch, 



Brown Thrasher, Song Sparrow, 



Chickadee, Chipping Sparrow, 



Ovenbird, Towhee, 



Maryland Yellow-throat, Indigo bird, 



Golden- winged Warbler, Crow, 



Nashville Warbler, Blue Jay, 



Black and White Warbler, Phoebe, 



Chestnut-sided Warbler, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, 



Black-throated Green Warbler, Black-billed Cuckoo, 



Pine Warbler, Golden-winged Woodpecker, 



Scarlet Tanager, Downy Woodpecker, 



Cedar Waxwing, Screech Owl, 



Red-eyed Vireo, Ruffed Grouse. 



In the chimneys of the house, which is here located, are Swifts; and a pair 

 'of Phoebes build their nest each year upon the cornice over the front door. 

 Great-crested Flycatchers • and White-bellied Nuthatches undoubtedly build 

 here too, although I have never yet found their nests; and there are several 

 other varieties which ought to be found here, and probably do build here, but of 

 whose breeding I have as yet had no proof, such as Rose-breasted Grosbeaks. 

 I have found also Red-shouldered and Cooper's Hawks' nests here, but 

 have discouraged them from breeding. 



In putting up nest-boxes on a place like this, a record should be kept of 

 their position as well as what happens to each. 



Each box should be numbered on the bottom and in plain sight, or perhaps 

 with a brass tag at the base of the tree. They should be inspected carefully 

 ■each year just before the breeding-season, and squirrels' nests, etc., removed; 

 and again after the breeding-season (second brood, if any) is over, and the 

 old nests removed; and, in this locality, the gipsy moths, and their egg 

 clusters taken care of. 



Against the enemies of the birds on this place we keep up a constant war- 

 fare. 



With cats we are seldom bothered, for the few venturesome ones belonging 

 to our neighbors, committed suicide long ago by trespassing within our boun- 

 daries. Skunks are eliminated as fast as they can be caught, and foxes seem 

 to find my neighbor's hens and chickens more fattening than the small birds 

 on my place. 



Of the squirrels, the red ones are the worst pests we have. I have been sus- 

 picious of the gray squirrels, but they were too pretty to molest, as were the 

 flying squirrels; but my advice to people putting up Berlepsch boxes is, to go 

 out and kill all the red squirrels, and then go out and do it all over again, 

 for there will be plenty come to their funerals. 



