Notes on the Different Birds. 
Ill 
birds’ nests, and 1882 was a great squirrel year. At Shiocton 
there are found at least six species, and although the woods 
are full of hazel bushes, there is hardly a nut left that is not worm- 
eaten. The worst for birds is certainly the common red squir¬ 
rel (Sciurus hudsonicus Pall.). In 1882 two cuckoos were seen 
May 18. Many the 19th, but for the most part only two or 
three together. Still more the day after. Afterwards fewer. 
In 1883 none seen before May 25 when two were noticed, each 
at its breeding place. 26th many. Afterwards much fewer. 
Out of nine nests one was placed on a willow branch one foot 
over the water. Three were in young trees, three in bushes, 
two in brush. When in trees and bushes the nest was placed 
oftenest in a fork five to eight feet above the ground. In 
brush one and a half feet from the ground. One of the nests 
built in brush rested against the trunk of a quite young maple. 
The other was in a hazel bush. Number of eggs, three or four, 
generally four. In 1882 the first nest was found June 2. It 
contained three slightly incubated eggs. June 19 I found one 
with two newly laid eggs. When I looked June 29 there were 
two eggs and two young just hatched. June 30 there were 
three young and no eggs. Incubation must thus, if my obser¬ 
vations are not wrong, be at the most, eleven days. In 1883 
the first egg was laid in a single case June 9. M. of egg from 
five nests L. 27-30^. B. 21-24. 
70. Ceryle alcyon (Linn.). XX Bred in 1882 at Wolf River 
in any bank high enough so that the nest would be safe from the 
water. Such banks were found at many places at the turns in 
the river; but often the entrance hole was only a foot above the 
water when it was high. Three pairs had nests between the 
house and Shiocton. In 1883 they were less numerous. Only 
one pair had a nest between the house and the town. In 1882 
saw a pair and a single one April 1st. 7th, one. Afterward daily. 
None after October 17. In 1883, the first April 9. Next 
12. Afterward daily. The last October 18. 
71. Dryobates villosus (Linn.), x M. of 5 (N.) L. 226. E. 
355. W. 123. T. 84. Breeds in large numbers, but in summer 
is not so common as D. pubescens. Is most abundant in winter. 
Builds, like all the woodpeckers of the region, chiefly in places 
