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FIFTEENTH REPORT. 
One of the young was crowded out of 1 lie nest of the last mentioned 
and the other three young were seen in the trees two days after leav- 
ing the nest. The parent birds did not ose any of the tree nests again. 
The net results of the seven pair of Song Sparrows were nine young. 
These birds nested on a farm where cats are excluded in every way pos- 
sible, 20 having been taken on the farm that year. 
The nests of four Chipping Sparrows were located. Knowing from 
previous experiences the sensitiveness of this species I was careful not 
to touch the nest or eggs. Two nested in crataegus and brought their 
young out. One had two young and the other, three. One of the other 
nests was abandoned after two eggs had been laid and the other was 
drenched in a rain storm and water soaked. One nest was in a willow 
and the other a poplar. These eight birds had a total of 5 young. 
The nests of 5 Field Sparrows were found on the ground near woods. 
A red squirrel devoured the eggs in one nest. Of the other nests one 
had 5 young, another 4 and the third three and an infertile egg. No. 
3 had its young at 4 p. m. one evening but by six-thirty next morning 
they were gone. As they had not feathered I knew they had been de- 
voured. I saw a weasel in the locality and gave him the blame. The 
two largest families escaped, making 9 young for the 10 parents. 
The nests of four Robins were located, one inside a shed, another on 
a porch and two in trees. The one in the shed had a family of 5 which 
were taken away by the parents successfully. Four young at the top 
of the porch were devoured by a cat, one in a tree S feet from the 
ground was robbed by boys and the other 20 feet from the ground had 
4 young. The parents, with my help successfully drove away a red 
squirrel and later I was informed the squirrel was shot. However, 1 
found one of these young dead. The total was seven young from the 
eight parents. 
The nesting of three Catbirds were found. Each had four sets of 
eggs. One egg in each of two nests was broken, how I do not know. 
All these nests were in trees, averaging from eight to twelve feet above 
the ground. The others all hatched successfully, making ten young for 
nine parents. The same year I observed the nest of a Redstart (Seto- 
phaga ruticilla), with three young, one of which died from a fall, making- 
two for that nest. A yellow-bill Cuckoo’s (Coccyzus Americanus) nest 
with two eggs was abandoned because of frequent visits by humans. 
Two nests of the Wood Thrush (Hylocichla Mustelina) were found each 
with four eggs. Some weeks later, the nests were empty. Tt may be 
they hatched all the eggs and reared all their young. Though nests of 
the Veery (Hylocichla Fuscescens), Redeyed (Vireo Olivaceus) and 
Warbling Vireo (Vireo Gilvus), the King bird (Tyrannus tyrannus) 
and American Gold Finch (Astralaginus trestis) were found; in all 
there were only a partial set of eggs and the locations were not con- 
venient for visits at the proper time. 
During 1912, six nests of the Meadow Lark were found. They were 
all on the ground. Three nests had four (4) eggs each, two five (5) 
each and one with three (3). The eggs in all were taken by a weasel. 
The eggs of another were carried off by some creature. Three brought 
out their young, each of which T hope escaped. I did not see them when 
they left the nest. The six (6) nests covered a large range of territory. 
The nests of these birds have for me been very difficult to locate. To 
