peculiar to this species, I must took two nests of D. lincolor on containing 4 the other 5 eggs all well advanced. The former of the two was built quite near the spring where Henry H. V myself hunched, on last June day years ago; the latter in the very run where we that same day discovered our first nest. I firmly believe it is the self same pair of birds. The females of both nests sat rather close to this mate just in an appearance at the first alarm. Both bird chirping away like D. austria & tittering their tail, apprehensively. Neither of these nests were as deep as usual & one was lined loosely with feathers. I found also near the same place a nest of D. Pennsylv. built in a barberry bush & begin to think they prefer them to hazel & as I have found several so this season. The 2 allowed me to almost touch her before she would him the nest; it contained one young bird, 2 eggs ready to hatch & one abortin one. I found next two Har. Rufes (Heys each a Spix) [illegible] in a barberry bush [some is inch about] ground) with young, & several Minias for one with young. Har. Rufes both sat very close & when the left the nest simulated lameness. Both nests were in low barberries. Taking a short cut for the wagon through a yellow pine grew a most interesting