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lowing three or more birds, one a female, were seen constantly. They 

 were seen almost daily until the first of June, but although convinced 

 that they were nesting, I searched in vain for the nest. On June 6, 

 1903, a party of students while surveying ran a line through a dense 

 clump of Norway spruces on the campus, and a short time afterward 

 instructor B. O. Longyear, following their track, found the nest of the 

 Cardinal bottom up on the ground, with two eggs beside it, both some- 

 what incubated. The nest was restored to its original position on a 

 near-by horizontal branch of spruce, about four feet from the ground, 

 with the eggs, but the birds did not return to it, and after lingering in 

 the vicinity for two days they disappeared and have not been seen since. 



The nest and eggs (one egg broken) are now in the College museum. 

 This is the first record of the actual nesting of this species in the 

 county, so far as I know. 



Walter B. Barrows. 



Agricultural College, Mich. 



A SLATE-COLORED JUNCO AT DETROIT DURING THE SUMMER. 



When one of our summer residents is observed in the north in 

 •,vinter it at once excites interest within the breast of the bird-student, 

 but on the contrary when a winter resident is seen in the summer it is 

 not given much notice. The latter case is probably not rare, but the 

 density of foliage at this period of the year obscures them from view 

 and the student can always find much of interest without seeking devi- 

 ations from the normal. 



To observe a male Junco {J unco hyemalis) in Elmwood cemetery 

 of this city on the 25th of June, 1903, was indeed a surprise to me, for 

 I had observed the last migrants of this species on May 4th, and telt 

 sure that all had left us by that time. 



I spent some time in observing him and listening to his song. He 

 flew into a flock of Chipping Sparrows, who not caring for his com- 

 pany drove him away. At last disappearing, it was not until July 15th 

 that he again came under my notice. He was as before quite fearless. 

 The following day I again observed him feeding. From then to the 

 21st of August he was missing. This time his song had ceased, but ho 

 was as tame as before, allowing us to get quite close to him. On the 

 20th of September I again observed him and a few days later flocks of 

 his kind were abundantly scattered over the cemetery. 



The cause of his summering here could probably have been ex- 

 plained upon dissection, but I preferred to continue my observations. 

 He was probably wounded, so that migration at the proper season was 

 impossible. Alexander W. Blatn, Jr. 



Detroit, Mich. 



ANOTHER NOTE ON THE CHIMNEY SWIFT. 



Having found the Chimney Swift (Chaetura pelagica) nesting in locations 

 not mentioned in Frederick C. Hubel's communication (page 82, Sept. No.) 

 I step into the deal thinking that, perhaps, further observation might interest 

 some of the readers. Like Mr. Hubel, I have found the species nesting in 



