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fact that he wasted no room in storing the crowns or caps which 
would have little food value but brought only the nut part, there 
being but one cap in one house and four in the other. The en- 
closed picture show how completely he had filled the houses and 
with what skill and cunning he had sealed them. We looked in 
vain for him to repeat his store gathering in two new houses 
placed in the trellis but he has already gone south. 
Port Byron 
Another interesting report from the Mississippi region in the 
vicinity of Port Byron is sent in by Mr. J. J. Schafer. Mr. 
Schafer writes: 
With the exception of one bad storm on July 9th, the weather 
was very favorable for the breeding birds in this vicinity during 
June and July. Traill’s Flycatcher and the Yellow-breasted 
Chat again failed to come, and only one Bell’s Vireo was heard 
singing on May 27th. Killdeers were here all spring and sum- 
mer but we never found any nests. Mourning Doves were com- 
mon; three pairs nested in our garden, and two or three pairs 
in the orchard. One pair in the garden laid three sets of eggs, 
and were successful in raising several young. One nest in the 
orchard for some time contained one young and one egg and 
when the young was about half-grown, the remaining egg 
hatched. 
Most of the early Bob-white nests were destroyed by mowers. 
One nest was found in the grass beside a fence post, but for 
some reason was abandoned. One nest with 16 eggs was found 
in the hay field after the mower had passed over it, but it prob- - 
ably was already abandoned, as the eggs were discolored by 
rain. They always have better success with their second nests. 
I noticed several large coveys during August and September, 
most of them being young birds. 
In the spring a pair of Sparrow Hawks took possession of a 
Flicker house, but we took it down and scared them away; we 
did not want them here during the breeding season because they 
kill nestlings and other small birds. 
A pair of Crested Flycatchers built a nest in an old willow 
limb which had been set up besides a fence post, but they soon 
disappeared, and some time thereafter I found where a cat had 
eaten one of them, nothing being left but the wings and some 
feathers. | 
A pair of Yellow Warblers—the first ones since 1917, built 
a nest in a peach tree in our garden and were successful in 
raising a brood of young; a pair of Cedar Waxings raised a 
brood of three young in a crab tree in front of the house. 
Dickcissels were common this year. There were about six 
pairs in a 13 acre field of clover and timothy, but all of their 
nests were destroyed by the mower. Three nests were found 
