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Transcription
1896,
June 14.
Progne subis.
Colebrook, N.H.
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Four Martins were sitting in a row on the ridge pole of
a barn near a large Martin-house on a pole in a garden. There was
another Martin looking out of one of the holes of this box, but
most of the compartments were occupied by English Sparrows.
Near the railroad station I saw a pair of Martins which
were apparently nesting in a "witch's cap" over an electric lamp.
The female went into the cap and remained there. I could see her
head and portions of the nest protruding over the edge of the
board in the top of the cap.