Ci . stothoru s stollarls . 



Canton, Llass. 



1893. my eye from a distance of several yards. We foiond short, 

 July 10. light poles of groat assistance in parting the dense beds of 

 (No.4), grass as we wall;ed through them. 



IJIr, Bo'.vles thinXs the "false"-, nests are built partly to 

 save time in case the eggs are destroyed. In one instance a 

 bird V7hich he robbed laid a second sot in a "false" nest which 

 was only a rod or two av;ay. The presence of one or more false 

 nests, ho'Arever, givc3s little or no clue ordinarily to the po- 

 sition of the occupied one which is often many rods away. 

 Indeed the false nests are usually scattered about at random 

 all over the meadow. V/e found none to-day anyjsrhere near 

 either of the nests that contained eggs. 



I found, personally, the nest with seven eggs and three 

 new false nests. All the others had been found previously by 

 the Bowles Bros, and were shown me. 



The male V/ren sometimes sings very near the nest, often 

 100 yards or more away. The female always slips off before 

 the intruder is near and is never surprised on the nest. The 

 bird whose nest I took came close about us (within two or 

 three yards) as we were packing the eggs, keeping well con- 

 cealed but making the grass stems tremble as she flitted and 

 hopped through them and uttering a low, guttural £jiiiEX. 



