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watblers here. The other warblers and the flycatchers are 
here in proportion. The Blue-gray Gnatcatcher is also here, 
even as a breeder. 
One of the most interesting finds I made here, is a herony 
of Black-crowned Night Herons. It consisted of about thirty 
nests in a wet corner of the woods, adjoining a field. They 
were from thirty to sixty feet up in ash trees, and on June 
11 contained two to four eggs each; no young were noticed. 
Another member of the same family that I was glad to meet 
with here in the swamps mentioned above, is the Least Bit- 
tern, and naturally its larger congener also. On the other 
hand such otherwise common birds like the Mourning Dove, 
Sparrow Hawk, and even the Kingfisher are strangely ab- 
sent, although for the latter a creck with minnows and steep 
banks here and there, meanders through the landscape. 
In the line of birds of prey, we have here the Red-shoul- 
dered, Red-tailed, Marsh, Cooper's, and Broad-winged Hawks, 
the last two rare. The Barred Owl is said to be in the woods, 
and the Screech Owl is often heard singing its to most peo- 
ple unpleasant song from orchards and shade trees. A few 
Ruffed Grouse (Bonasa umbellus) are said to be still in the 
woods nearby, and Prairie Chickens are met with now and 
then. One day IJ flushed a flock of about twenty-five a few 
miles from here — a new and interesting experience for me — 
and I was surprised to see how high they would rise 
flight quite different from that of the Ruffed Grouse; more 
like that of a large Meadowlark. 
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In the finch family we have quite a selection: Goldfinch and 
Indigo Buntings. Song, Swamp, Vesper, and Savanna Spar- 
rows, all common breeders. I gladly welcomed again an old 
acquaintance from Maryland, that I had missed in Canada, 
the Towhee. Of this I found a nest on May 28, containing two 
eggs of the owner and three Cowhbird’s eggs. Yes, the finch 
family brings us to the heading of these notes. As a place 
for Longspurs prosaic Addison shines. About the end of Oc- 
tober they come in many small flocks and take possession of 
