1902 
July 6 
41 
Notes of 
Rose- 
"breasted 
Grosbeak 
Swifts 
nesting 
in the 
cabin 
chimn ey 
Chickadee^ 
has two(?) 
broods 
Twice to-day I heard a Rose-breasted Grosbeak making 
that peculiar outcry which the bird appears to utter only 
during the breeding season when anxious for the safety of 
her eggs or young. On one occasion to-day her voice was 
mingled with the screaming of a Blue Jay which, no doubt, was 
at or near her nest. I noted her cries on the spot as 
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follows?— ke- her . ki- her-her . ker-her-her . her-ker-her , her 
uttered very rapidly in shrill, almost piercing tones. 
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Swifts have been in our cabin chimney almost con¬ 
stantly this sea-son since May 13. Although it is scarce 
twenty feet in height, a brisk wood fire on the hearth below 
doew not seem to disturb them in the least. On June 21st we 
found a nest and 2 eggs lying on the hearth. It had probably 
been washed down by a hea.vy rain which fell the day before. 
To-day Gilbert discovered that the birds had built a second 
nest which contained tv^ro eggs. 
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On the 12th of last May I examined two Chickadees’ 
nests on the shore of the river, one about 50 yards west of 
the cabin, the other some 75 yards to the eastward of it. 
Both contained eggs on that day. They were successfully 
hatched and the yo\ing left the nests early in June. I saw 
them in the nests on June 1 when they were two-thirds grown. 
Gilbert found them gone a week or so later. 
