1896 
June 
Colebrook, N.H. 
Progne subis . 
14 • ® 
^ Pour Martins were sitting in a row on the ridge pole of 
a barn near a large Martin-house on a pole in a garden. There was 
another Martin looking out of one of the holes of this box, but 
most of the compartments were occupied by English Sparrows. 
Near the railroad station I saw a pair of Martins which 
were apparently nesting in a "witch's cap" over an electric lamp. 
The female went into the cap and remained there. I could see her 
head and portions of the nest, protruding over the edge of the 
board in the top of the cap. 
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