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During late summer and throughout the fall the Knglish Sparrows are found In 
flocks, sometimes numbering several hundred. Even now, while I am writing this, 
there is a flock of two score or more, raising a dust and general racket out in the 
street in front of our house. 
Melospiza faclata. Song Sparrow.—' The lirst nests of the Song Sparrow are 
generally placed in tire side of a bank along a stream or the roadside. Later in the 
season they are most common in pastures and neglected liclds, placing the nest on 
or near the ground; the highest being five feet up in a bush. 
Most of the nests examined contained four or five eggs. Occasionally a nest 
contained only three eggs. Niditieatlon begins about the 28th. of April. 
Melospiza georgiana. Swamp Sparrow.— A few of these birds are met with in 
the weedy bottom land along some of the streams. 
The few nests found by me were placed in low bushes or bunches of grass grow¬ 
ing along the border of boggy places. Full sets numbered four eggs, and May 28th. 
and June 17th. are the dates on which they were taken. 
Fipilo erythropthalmus. Towhek. —Abundant along the border of brushy 
wovtds and in the brier fields, placing the nest on the ground or in a small bush. 
Niditieatlon begins about May 5th., and two broods arc reared. The number of eggs 
is usually four, often only three and rarely five. 
tine peculiarity I have noticed is that the tirst nests are nearly always placed 
on the ground, while the position of the second nests is usually the reverse. 
Cardinal!* cardinal!*. Cardinal.—T he “Hed-bird 'Is an abundant resident 
throughout the year, and is amongst the tirst of the smaller birds to begin nesting. 
A common resort of this bird is the briery thicket and bushy field. Early in the 
season a few nests are placed in tangled roots of trees along the streams. The num¬ 
ber of eggs range from two to four, usually three. Nest building begins about April 
2.'>, and full sets of eggs are to be found May 4th. 
The Cardinal often lays abnormal eggs. Home of these are very long and taper¬ 
ing, some are almost spherical and others are much below the average size, tine 
nest found May 27th., 1S88, contained two eggs of the normal size ami one measur¬ 
ing .tilx.51 inches. 
Passerina cyanea. Indigo Hunting. —Abundant along the border of woods 
and in the briery thickets and bushy fields. 
Nests placed from ten inches to live feel above the ground. Three and four Is 
the number of eggs laid; four predominating. Fresh eggs were found from June 
llth. to August 3rd. 
Fyranga erythromelas. Scarlet Tanagek. —Common In the woods and 
large orchards, placing the nest on a horizontal branch. Three and four eggs are 
laid. Average date for fresh eggs, June Nth. 
Progne subls 1’crplic Martin.— Abundant, nesting in boxes put up for their 
use. Four und live eggs are laid. 
About the Nth. of AugiLst the Martins begin to collect in numbers at»out certain 
Martin houses in Waynesburg. On a few occasions 1 have noted flocks numbering 
from three to six hundred birds clinging to and circling around the cupola of the 
Court House. About August 17th., these flocks tiegln to scatter and move south In 
companies of less than titty Individuals. When thus migrating they do not move 
In a compact body, but in a scattering and struggling way,—to one uninterested 
hardly noticeable as a general southward movement. 
Petrochelidon lnnifrons. Clipk Swallow.— Nests abundantly about barns 
and other buildings along the streams, placing the nest under the eaves. Four and 
flve eggs are laid. June 1st. to 23th. 
Chelldon erythrogaster. Ha kn Swallow.— Found associating with the last 
named sj>ecies, and placing the nest usually on the Inside of the building. 
