.AFAIXP: ORNITROL0(.;iST > ^D OOT.O^;!^-^. 



TheFlvcatoher: Cf loxa. \^r\n m the mnner of Vireo'-, i- '-om- 



"^ ^«-«i.fei*D^— ! P'^^^i^ of ;2rra?s. oatl^ins. .^^hveds ot b;n k etc 



I A set of four eggs was found liore in 

 1 he t lye atelier:^ of Iowa are represent-! lufie. 



2-A by five or more specie?. Five are' The Tr-n-l's and Lenst i ivcan-hrr 

 kiiowu to breed liere, the King-bird and »«ayl-.e found in Iowa bat I have never 

 Phoebe-'.drd are the most common ! ^"^""*^^''^'^^'^ "^^ ^^^^'>'- l>es Moines lo 



Tnembers of the family. Tiio King-bird '^^ , ' '—^^ 



is foninionty failed Bee .Martin from its | ^i^ J fj 8 f R E "^ 1 ^^ E 9 1 '^' 



habit of eati-hinirbees. It is a eonmioi: ■ 

 bree«Ier here in tlie latter part of ^iav ; 



antlinJiine. Duripor the breeding sea- _^ . ^ ^^ , 



son It often shows its paignaeious <lis~ » /— ^' - " "^ 



position in attacking (>wls. Hawks and | ^ r 



/. f ■■' ' '• ^^ • 



Crows. .iJCJ^ir- 



Tiic Crested F!ycatc!)8r i^ not com- L.c\V^L 



mon and as \i ^enerallv staA'S in wood- "" , 



land.s is hardly ever seen. Its irnT j QUillll 1- ^ - ':^ . 



harsh voice is heard as soon as it arrives- . '•! W^lT 



in the spring. Its nest which is crin- I tV •:^-^--Yi^ ' bjJCCl- 



posed of grass, twigs and etc. is most ' -i ; 



a] wavs lined V. ith a cast off SLflke skill . r- -iw -si^ ,.wxn. 



,, • oT B <r men 



Tiic eggs {.re laid in M-v ^r Jun<^ ai'.d 

 are very curiously -'oior jd. 



The Phoebe-bird sometimes called j J liiS H i liC 



Bri*lge Sv.aliow or bridge bird from its' 

 habit of b li'idiugits nest on the rafters! 

 of bridges, is one of the first arrivals in i ]H01*S6SX10B ^%^VB^ 

 the spring and oneof the last to go south | ^^^.^ .^ ^ ^^,^^.^ j^,^^ ^^^jj^^.^^. expressly 

 iu the fall. T«-o sets o^ tlve eggs arp | .^^^. ^^^ ^^, ^^^^ xperieuce I Iiaad and are 

 commonly laid here, onein'April or 3Iay .j^^ \^q^{ y^^ have ever seen. 

 a:id one in June. 



This bird, liie Wood Pewoe. is often ; T) CL033 OUT AT' 0-^C j 



mistaken for the Piioebe bird, the notes Uve will fill criers as foilov,-. 



are similar. Tiie nest is placed on | ,, „ . - ^ m 



, ,. , . , , . Small specimen o to lUc, 



a horizontal limb in an orchard or t iin ' ^ i ;; 



. ^ j Larger. a»> 



Avt)oduind- or by t!ie roadside. The i ,, j- 9^ 



•^ ., . .^ledium ^-f 



egg? nS'ially three are laid here in Jiine, I j op.re . . .?»5 



The Arcadian Flycatcher although it | Kxtra large fine specimen oO 



breeds he^'eisby no means common. 



The nest which is commonly suspend- H.ST All TON SA WYHh^ 



ed from the forks of a bough hv the Gariaud. Maine. 



