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cepted material from him. This 
pair drove other pairs of this spe- 
cies from their territory as well as 
some house sparrows. Mrs. Kirk- 
patrick noted the dates of nest 
building, hatching and brood de- 
parture on two _ separate nests 
(Table II). The nesting material 
consisted of grass and twigs along 
with feathers pulled from the 
rump of the female bird (Kirk- 
patrick, 1961). On October 6, a 
winter nest was constructed which 
the birds occupied. Also summar- 
ized on Table II are the results of 
two separate nests observed from 
June through August 1962. 
After returning to St. Louis in 
June, I began a diligent, thorough 
search for nests of the European 
Tree Sparrow. Although many 
nests existed in St. Charles Coun- 
ty, they were hardly accessible, 
for they were constructed under 
the eaves of barns for the most 
part along with those of the Eng- 
lish Sparrow. Associations of these 
species are not uncommon espec- 
lally in the winter, although the 
less pugnacious tree sparrow is 
usually in the minority. The Eu- 
ropean Tree Sparrow is rather 
mild mannered compared to the 
vironmental pollution, etc. 
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house sparrow and searches the 
ground diligently under feeders 
rather than fight its cousin at the 
tray. In Grand Marias State Park, 
the English Sparrow is rather rare 
while the European Tree Sparrow 
is abundant. It was here that I 
kept track of two separate nests 
in 1962. 
Richard Anderson, a prominent 
birder, informed me that these two 
pair had nested previously in May, 
and I observed two broods. Three 
broods seems to be normal in this 
area as well as the Old World. The 
nests were in a picnic shelter and 
placed on the top of concrete pil- 
lars supporting the eaves. These 
nests had the general appearance 
of that of the Robin (Turdus mi- 
gratorius) and were composed of 
dried grass, leaves and _ twigs. 
These nests had diameters of 8 
and 9 inches respectively while 
the height was 2 1/2 and 3. During 
the summer, I discovered seven 
pairs apparently nesting in Amer- 
ican elm (Ulmus_ americana), 
maple (Acer saccharinum), black 
willow (Salix nigra), and sweet 
gum cavities (Liquidambar 
styraciflua) from 12 to 30 feet in 
height. I could not climb to these 
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