THE SUNNY SOUTH OOLOGIST, 



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Jane 1st to 20th. Nests placed on 

 bare ground on an elevated plateau. 



361. Downy Woodpecker. [R]. 

 Breeds in May. Nests placed in ex- 

 cavated holes in woods. 



575. Redheaded Woodpecker. 

 [C]. Breeds June 15th. Nests placed 

 in solitary trees in fields. 



378. Yellow-shafted Flicker. [C]. 

 Breeds may 15th to June 15th. Nests 

 placed anywhere. 



382. Belted Kingfisher. [C]. 

 Breeds May 10th to June 15tli. Nests 

 placed in holes in banks along streams 

 in low lands. 



387. Yellow-billed Cuckoo. [C]. 

 Breeds June 5th to I2th. Nests 

 placed in densest thickets of bramble 

 and grapevine. 



388. Black-billed Cuckoo. [C]. 

 Breeds same as preceding species. 



394. Am. Barn Owl. [R]. Breeds 

 April 1st to 15th. Nests placed in 

 dead trees, on low meadow lands. 



402. Little Screech Owl. [C] 

 Breeds April 1st to 15th. Nests 

 placed in beech trees, or apple trees. 



420. Sparrow Hawk. [C]. Breeds 

 May 1st to June 1st. Ne:ts placed 

 in holes of dead trees, anj^where. 



425. Fish Hawk. Common in 

 New Jersey, but rare in Pennsylvania. 



431. Cooper's Hawk. [C J. Breeds 

 April 10th to May 1st. Nests gener- 

 ally placed in deep and solitary" woods, 

 in large trees. 



432. Sharp-shinned Hawk. [R]. 

 Same as 431. 



436. Red-tailed Hawk. [R], Same 

 as 431. 



439. Red-shouldered Hawk. [R]. 

 Same as 431. 



443. Broad-winged Hawk. [R]. 

 Same as 431. 



460. Mourning Dove. [C] . Breeds 

 May 1st to June 30th (2 broods). 

 Nests found remote from man, in si- 

 lent places. 



480. Bobwhite. [C]. Breeds May 



20th to June 30th. Nests on the 

 ground in field or pasture. 



494. Green Heron. [C]. Breeds 

 May 10th to June 10th. Nests placed 

 in large trees, sometimes in orchards 

 near swamps. 



516. Killdeer. [Cj. Breeds June 

 1st to 15th. Eggs placed on ground 

 (no nest), on a slope near water. 



557. Spotted Sandpiper. [C]. 

 Breeds June 1st to 15th. No nest. 

 Eggs placed on the ground, on a slope 

 near water. 



The Rails breed plentifully on New 

 Jersey coast, but sparsely in Pennsyl- 

 vania. 



613. Summer Duck. [R]. Breeds 

 Ma}^ to June 15th. Nest placed in 

 hollow t,ee near water. 



In filling out the above data, T 

 have omitted several species which 

 occasionally breed here. 



Harry G . Parker. 



Chester, Delaware Co , Pa. 



Nesting of the Long-eared Owl. 



(asio americanus) 



For tlie Sutniy South Oologist : 



It was on the bright spring morning 

 of April 25, 1885, that a friend and 

 myself started for the big woods in 

 search of hawks', crows', etc., eggs. 



We first went to a crow s nest we 

 found building the Saturday before, 

 and were most fortunate in securing 

 3 fresh eggs . This was comparatively 

 a good find, owing to the scarcity of 

 that bird in this localit}' . 



We next made our way to a tam- 

 merac swamp, and on the edge w^e 

 went a litttle out of our wa}^ to look 

 at an old crow's nest that we knew of, 

 for mere curiosit}^ sake. In the cen- 

 ter of the nest two prongs poked out 

 and we thought they were two sticks 

 sticking up ; but, to be sure, my friend 

 kicked on the tree, and to m}^ great 

 joy the two prongs moved. At this 



