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there, as a rule, lower down then elsewhere. Over water the 
nests were placed at a height of 2-32 ft. (4, 2-3, 3, 6-7, 3,8-9, 
8, 11-13, 4, 14-18, 1 just 32 ft.). Over the ground at a height 
of 4-15 ft. (3, 4-5, 2, 6-7, 4, 8-10, 6, 12-15 ft.). The nest is 
usually built in a fork in a young tree. 10 in maple, 7 in elm, 
6 in ash, 5 in oak, 4 in willow, 2 in alder, 4 in other trees. 
3 nests were built in dead trees. Two of these were placed on a 
horizontal branch. In 1882 many built twice. This was not 
the case in 1883. Number of eggs almost always 4. Of 30 
nests four contained 3 eggs. One, 2 (incubated). In 1882, first 
eggs laid 2nd to 11th of June, in most nests 3d to 5th. June 11,1 
found a nest in a windfall 2J ft. from the wet ground. It con¬ 
tained 4 eggs and the bird was sitting. The nest had lost its sup¬ 
port on one side and hung down, so that it was almost impos¬ 
sible for the bird to sit. With the help of a pin I fixed the 
nest in its former position. The bird came, sat first on 
the edge of the nest examining carefully what had happened 
and then sat quite contentedly. In 1883 the first eggs laid 
June 4-13. M. of eggs from 11 nests. L. 14-17. B. 12-13. 
In 1882 a female was seen May 3 in a large warbler-flock. 
May 5, a male and a female. 8th, three males in different 
flocks. 9th, very numerous but no females. 10th-15th, more 
numerous than any other warbler. 10th, females also appeared. 
Migration ended about May 25. In 1883 two males May 7. Seve¬ 
ral the following days, but singly. 10th to 11th, only three. Af¬ 
terwards more numerous day by day. 14th, first female. 
18th, more numerous than any other warbler. Migration ended 
about May 24. 
165. Anthus pensilvanicus (Lath.), xxx M. of 3. L. 164- 
167. E. 252-258. W. 79-88. T. 63-68. This bird seems not 
to have been observed often in Wisconsin. Cooke does not men¬ 
tion it at all. King has seen a single flock. On May 20, 1882, 
at 5 o’clock in the afternoon during a violent shower a large flock 
alighted in the field just east of the house. Several were shot. 
Oct. 17, I saw two on a fence near a barn. Shot one. May 17, 
1883, I think I saw two flocks fly over the above mentioned field 
low down over the ground. The day after, several. 
