SUMMER BIRDS 
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Ardea virescens. Green Heron.— a common summer resident. Found resting 
in orchards and thickets* along tin* streams, during May and June. Karl lent date 
May 11. May 25 th., may be considered the average date. The lust set was taken 
July 12, and this was the second laying of one bird, the tirst set having been taken 
on May 27. The Shite-poke or “Fly-up-the-creek" lays from three to live eggs. 
Philohela miaor. American Wooixwk.— Not uncommon. From my obser¬ 
vations it would appear that the breeding season of this bird is during the month 
of April. April 10th. I took a set of four eggs, incubation about one-third. Again 
on April :to. a set of four on the point of batching. How ever, some cases vary, as on 
May 27, 1X20, my dog flushed an adult female from a thin clump of briers near 
swampy ground, wherein she had been hiding with her bn»od. The two downy 
creatures sat huddled together, and although away from the nest they seemed not 
the least bit alarmed at my presence, but allowed me to handle them at pleasure. 
A favorite nesting site is a dry bushy knoll In marshy ground. 
Actitis macnlaria. Spottkp Sanhimper.— Abundant and seldom seen away 
from the streams. According to my observations the number of eggs laid by this 
bird is almost invaribly four. May 5th. to June 10th., average date May 20. 
Aegiilitis vociferia. Kili.dkkk. —Common in the upland, nesting usually In 
the corn-fields. From June 15th. on they are to be found earing for their broods 
about the springs and marshes that occur in the vicinity of the nest. The Kllldeer 
lays three or four eggs. 
Calinus virginianus. Bobwhitk.— Abundant, nesting in the upland mead¬ 
ows and brier-fields. Nineteen is the largest number of eggs 1 have found In a 
single nest. Fresh eggs may be found from June 15th. to the last of August. 
Bonasa umtellus. Rcmto Grouse.— Common in the thicket and mixed wood. 
According to my observation* ten or eleven is the usual number of eggs laid. The 
largest set numbered thirteen, the smallest, seven eggs. Fresh eggs can be found 
from first to last of May. May 5th., eleven fresh eggs were taken. 
Zenaidura macroara. Mourning Dove. —Abundant everywhere excepting 
the more densely wooded district*. Nests placed on stumps, top rail of fence, in 
orchard trees and occasionally in the tall sycamores along the streams. One nest 
containing two eggs was found on the ground in a meadow margined by a stream. 
The Mourning Dove begins nesting about the 5th. of April and from this date until 
the first of August fresh eggs are found. 
Cathartes aura. Turkey Vulture.— I have observed this specie* throughout 
all the summer months, becoming <iuito common in August. No Word of its breed¬ 
ing within the county. 
