Colantes auratus luteus . 
Cambridge, Ma s s . 
1899. that this was the food they found. 
February . 
( No . 2 ) 
Nest in artificial box. 
A male frequented The Garden during the whole month. On 
April. the 5th he began working on the entrance of an artificial 
nesting box which I had put up in an elm in the jungle. Af- 
ter this date he frequently visited the box and pecked away 
at the edges of the entrance hole which I finally (on the 
14th ) enlarged for him. On the 15th he appeared at the box 
accompanied by a female. After looking in and pecking the 
edges of the hole for about 10 minutes the male entered. Soon 
after this both birds flow away together. 
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Nest in artificial box. 
May & June. a pair nested in a box, covered with bark and otherwise 
made to resemble a stump, which I put up for them last month. 
The male "shouted" through this month. He was frequently 
seen sitting in the box looking out of the hole at the top. 
The Sparrows repeatedly attempted to build in the box but the 
Woodpeckers threw out their straws and finally laid eight 
eggs, at just what date we do not know, but probably sometime 
this month. None of the eggs hatched and the birds after in- 
cubating them through June deserted the nest early in July. 
(W. Deane's notes for May and June). 
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