-A Few Nests Collected at Cornwall Vt 
Spring-1889. 0. H. Parkhill. ’ 
Field Sparrow ( Spizella pusilla). Collected 
July 1 Oth. Nest was situated by the road side in 
a small apple tree bush, twenty inches from the 
ground, and contained three eggs nearly fresh. 
O.&-0. XIV, Oct. 1S89 p 150 
Auk, XV, Oct., 1898, p.33«. 
Nest Building under Difficulties. — While visiting a farmer living in 
Bucks County, Pa., I was shown a nest of a Field Sparrow ( Spizella 
pusilla), which he accidently cut down while cradling rye. The nest, 
which contained fresh eggs, was built about two feet above the ground and 
was supported between the standing stalks of the rye. The bird evidently 
experienced some difficulty in starting the structure, as the material kept 
sliding down loosely on the smooth stalks as fast as it was built. The 
bird, however, was .determined to build it at the original height, which 
was finally accomplished, and when completed was about one foot deep, 
having a loose spiral appearance. This was no doubt the result of poor 
judgment, which is often seen among juvenile birds. — J. Harris Reed, 
Beverly , N. J. 
