Two more nests of this bird were reported to me on the same date, June
9. Upon visiting them I found in one five young nearly fledged, and in
the other two addled eggs.
A week or more after the discovery of the first nest I found a pair of
the birds not far from the same place. I watched them closely and
afterward frequently saw the male alone, but failed to find the nest
until after the young had left it, when I found it in the deserted nest
of a Bluebird not a hundred feet away from a dwelling house.
I identified the nest by its peculiar architecture and a few egg shells
at the base of the tree.
These four nests were alike in situation, all being in damp forests near
the river, and in deserted nests of other birds, about six or seven feet
above the ground. They were all built of like material and were
ornamented with skeleton leaves. Two of the nests were in elm trees and
two in willow stumps. I have read no description of the nest of this
warbler and do not know whether the above agrees with the experience of
older observers.—_D. E. Lantz, Manhattan, Kan._
See pages 53 and 65, Volume vi, for other Notes.
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Wanted to Know.
Why and by whom Maryland was prefixed to “Maryland Yellow Throat,” which
a correspondent thinks should be named Maryland Black Eye.
Why, and how the “Purple Finch” received its name when it is not purple.
Why the “California Woodpecker” selects “sound acorns only to store
away” when it lives on an insect diet. William Stembeck suggests that
the acorns rather contain the germ of the grub which developes while
being in store.
Wanted to know more about the “Ash Throated Flycatcher” and “Ferruginous
Buzzard.” If Gentry has yet discovered that his statements of the
Bluebird’s migration are not true. The Hash diet he gives this bird is
beyond the power of mortal man to say whether it is true or not, but the
“Blythe and Bonny” Bluebird sings all the same, and is with us all the
year, and does often lay six blue eggs and white ones not uncommon.
Notes from Manhattan, Kan.
Of five nests of the Ground Robin found by me last Spring only two were
on the ground. One was six feet above ground in a greenbrier (_Smilax._)
Last Spring the Harris Sparrow remained with us until the latter part of
May. During May I found in nests of other birds several parasitic eggs
which did not resemble those of the Cowbird in shape, size or color.
They were much smaller, elongated in shape, and the markings were
lighter. I found many Cowbirds’ eggs later but none like these. The
query presented itself whether the Harris Sparrow could have laid these.
Oct. 1, 1882.—Saw a Mourning Dove sitting on two eggs, apparently fresh.
Dec. 30.—Saw thousands of Bluebirds and Robins in the woods. Saw two
Ground Robins, (_Pipilo erythrophthalmus._)—_D. E. Lantz._
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