Towhee Bunting, ( Pipilo erythrophthcd- 
mus,) was also nesting in numbers here. 
The first nests found were invariably on 
I the ground, but the high water overflow- 
ing the timber lands last Spring, caused a 
second later brood, which we found in 
|: numbers in bushes from two to eight feet 
j ; from the ground. 
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Nest of Ciiewink . In reply to query by Job Barnard, Au- 
gust O. and O. In May, 1879, 1 saw a nest of this bird hid in 
a hazel thicket about three feet from the ground, with four 
fresh eggs. The only nest I ever left for more eggs was at 
once forsaken by the parents. It is a favorite Cowbird’s 
nest here, three sets being composed of one Chewink’s and 
three Cowbird’s, two and three Cowbird’s and three and 
two Cowbird’s. These marauders are probably as abund- 
' ant here in the breeding season, as anywhere on the conti- 
nent, and there are nests in which it is the exception to 
find none of their eggs.— W. E. Saunders, London , Can. 
I have known of two Chewink’s nests being built above 
the ground. One in August at Coldbrook Springs, Mass., 
in a pine six feet from the ground ; the other found by my 
friend, Mr. E. W. Nelson, on Fox Prairie, 111., was in a 
An inquiry in our August number re- 
specting the nest of the Chewink has elic- 
ited a number of replies from which it ap- 
pears safe to come to the conclusion of 
Mr. D. E. Lantz, (page 127) that while 
the early nests are almost invariably on 
the ground, the second nests are as com- 
monly in low bushes. This probably arises 
from the thickening of the foliage as the 
summer advances. 
I have also notes of the find- 
ing of three Chewinks’ nests which con- 
. tained each two eggs of the Cowbirds. 
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5. Pipilo erythrophthalmus. Towliee. I have 
examined a dozen or more nests of this bird, 
and with but one or two exceptions all con- 
tained Cowbird’s eggs. I think however that 
very few nests are deserted by the owner on 
this account, as the eggs closely resemble 
their own, and the Cowbird is able to per- 
form its intrusions quite successfully. On the 
other hand the Towhee is more able to bear its 
burden, without suffering much loss, than are 
the small birds ‘and* it generally succeeds in 
launching its double brood. 
O.& O. XIV, Sept. 1880 p 133 
