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her off, and at the same time looked up, at the hole, and saw five heads 

 come out, and then two young birds fly out. I at once scrambled up the 

 tree, and caught the last one by the feet, as he was going off. In the mean- 

 time my friend was engaged with one which fell in the creek. Taking a 

 stick he shoved the bird to the opposite shore, and as he crossed, it 

 scrambled across the sand, and then up a tree. 



Ohordeiles virginianus. — Nests found occasionally on flat-roofed 

 houses. 



Ohaetura pelagica. — Swifts' nests are taken nearly every year 

 from chimneys, in Toronto. 



Tyrannus tyrannus. — I have taken the Kingbird's nests occasionally 

 from the tops of pines. 



Myiarchus crinitus— I have found two or three nests of the Crested 

 Flycatcher, in holes in dead trees. In 1887 I found one nest in a tree 

 about fifty feet from the ground, directly over a Higholders nest with 

 whom the male bird used to fight for the only branch on the tree, and 

 I may say he always came off victorious, and has nested in the same tree 

 every summer since then. 



Contopus virens- — 1 find the Wood Pewee's nests every season 

 generally in an orchard, in the crotch of an apple tree. 



Agelaius phceniceus. -The Red-wing Blackbird nests may be 

 found quite plentifully around any marsh, and I have found several every 

 year. 



Sturnella magna. — Found one nest of Meadow Lark in 1886 on 

 Well's Hill, and in 1888 I found one nest on Don Flats, and in 1889 one 

 on Spadina Road. 



Icterus galbula. — I found the nest of the Oriole in 1884 and 1886, 

 on Bathurst Street, and in 1889 I found three near West Toronto. I 

 find that this bird builds its nest with only one hole to enter, and after 

 the eggs are laid she makes a second hole, and goes in one side, and off 

 the other. I say this because I have found the nests with fresh eggs in, 

 and they only had the one hole, while every old nest I have examined, 

 and all those which contained young birds were either open altogether 

 at the top, or had two holes. 



Quiscalus quiscula seneus — The Bronzed Grackle is not found in 

 the woods surrounding the city, the only chance that remains to get them 

 is in the private grounds in the city where they breed in large numbers 

 every year. 



