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May 28, three sets of 4 eggs each. Incubated. Fresh. 



" 29, four " " 4 " " 2 " 2 (slightly) 



" 30, one " " 3 " 

 June 8th I again visited this locality and found and examined seven 

 nests of these birds that had built and completed second sets, and nests, 

 on the same tree, or in the immediate vicinity. Not any were over 

 twenty-five yards from the site of the first nest. Six contained four eggs 

 each, and one, three ; three sets appeared to be slightly incubated and 

 four were fresh. Time between taking the first sets and the building of 

 new nests and completion of second sets, is as follows : In three (first) 

 eleven days ; in three (second) ten days ; in one (third) nine days. The 

 latter being the nest taken May 30 and containing but three eggs might 

 not have been completed, although the first set of this pair contained 

 but three. These second nests appeared to be more hastily built and 

 contained less material than the first nests, and were generally built near- 

 er the ground than the first nests. • 



J. N. Clark, Meridian, Wis. 



THE WORK FOR 1897. 



Members should bear in mind that there are three committees at work 

 upon the warblers, each one desiring material from all sources for their 

 final report : The "Migrations" are under the direction of Mr. J. E. 

 Dickinson, 1122 S. Winnebago street, Rockford, 111. "Nesting" is under 

 the direction of Mr. H. C. Higgins, Cincinnatus, N. Y, "Food" and 

 "Song" under the direction of Lynds Jones, Oberlin, Ohio. Besides 

 these committees there are others. Mr. Frank L. Burns, Berwyn, Pa., 

 asks for notes on the Flicker; Mr. Howard P. Mitchell, Mt. Sterling, 

 Wis., for notes about Xestllng Dozvn; Mr. Stephen J, Adams, Cornish, 

 Me., for notes relating to the habits of the Swallows; and Mr. W. L. 

 Dawson, Oberlin, Ohio, outlines the proposed work on Geographical 

 Distribution in another place in this Bulletin. Let these committees 

 have your hearty cooperation in all of their proposed investigations. 



COMMITTEE ON GEOGRAPHICAL DISTR1BU 

 TION OF BIRDS. 



The study of geography, like charity, should begin at home. Hence 

 what I shall have to say by way of suggestion in outlining methods and 



