Notes on the Different Birds. 
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in oak, 3 in other trees. Two were at a height of between 
4J and 5 feet over water, 3 between 6 and 10 feet over water, 
7 were at a height of between 12 and 14 feet (1 over water,) 
5, 16-18 feet over water, one 22 feet over water. In 
1882, 10 were seen in company May 19. Several the 
22nd and the following days. Not abundant before June 2. 
Hardly in flocks after the 17th. First eggs June 18-25. On 
the 27th, however, a nest with five nearly hatched eggs. July 
5 a nest near Wolf River 6 feet from the ground. It was 
plundered and almost destroyed. Only a few straws remained 
in the place of the nest; but as I approached, the bird came la¬ 
menting anxiously and sat on the straws. It did not fly till I 
almost touched it. In autumn the first flock seen on Sept. 26. 
The last Oct. 1. In 1883 two seen May 16. Small flocks the 
25th. Many on the 26th-28th. Most abundant May 29 to June 
3. June 13, large flocks still seen in the gardens where they de¬ 
voured the green currants. At this time the birds of the region 
had mostly finished their nests. First eggs June 23-28. The 
22nd I saw a bird sitting, but it does not follow that there were 
eggs. Number of eggs 3-5. M. from 7 nests L. 20|—25. 
B. 16-17. 
Ampelis garrulus (Linn.) belongs to the Hudsonian fauna, 
and appears in Wisconsin only occasionally in winter. Not 
seen at Shiocton. 
133. Lanins borealis Vieill. XXX M. of 2. L. 239-252. W. 
124-126. T. 113. In 1881 a pair—probably of this species— 
were seen Nov. 14. In 1882 I shot a male Jan. 23 in a large 
wood ten miles northeast of Shiocton. In the Daily Beat none 
before Feb. 24, when a male sat and sang in the top of an oak 
(shot). One again Feb. 26 (shot). Saw one—probably this 
species—March 1. In the autumn the butcher bird was seen 
Oct. 22 to Nov. 17. Most Oct. 28. Probably all of this species. 
One was shot Oct. 25. A single one seen Dec. 9. In 1883 
hardly seen in the spring. In the autumn the first Oct. 23. 
134. Lanins Indoyicianns excnbitorides (Swains.), xx Ex¬ 
tremely rare. May 17, 1882, I found a nest in the only large 
fruit garden in the Daily Beat (in Sec. 9). It was placed in a 
fork of the trunk of a young elm, 10 feet from the ground, and it 
