THIRD SEASON (1920): PRELIMINARY 41 
No. 3 Pair of Meadow Pipits 
First Nest (5). 
Wednesday , May 5, 1920. — Found on this date with five 
eggs. Left to incubate. 
Sunday , May 9. — Restarted. 
Second Nest (4). 
Friday , May 21. — Saw the female building but could not 
find the nest. 
Tuesday , May 25. — O. R. Owen found the nest with two 
eggs. 
Wednesday , May 26, 4 a.m. — Nest contained one egg 
and the seventh egg of Cuckoo A, wet with dew, therefore 
obviously deposited the previous afternoon. This is 
evidence that the Meadow Pipit did not remain at her nest 
during the night. At 6 a.m. we flushed the Pipit from the 
nest and found she had laid a third egg. 
Saturday , May 29. — Restarted her two days after the 
fosterer had laid her fourth egg. 
Subsequently the pair were never again seen together, 
the female presumably falling a victim to the Kestrel. The 
male, obviously a widower, was observed about for the next 
two or three weeks, then entirely disappeared. On one 
occasion we saw him walking about feeding with No. 4 male, 
also mateless, just as though they were a pair, and after a 
time both rose in the air and sang simultaneously. 
No. 4 Pair of Meadow Pipits 
First Nest (5). 
Sunday , May 2, 1920. — Found with five eggs and 
restarted ; incubation not noted. 
