The Springdale news., 1888-11-30
NOTES ON BIRDS NESTS

HE chi "aGGe nest IS placed III hole ia dead tree or stump; it is cxcavated like that of a Woodpccker and is nine or ten inches in 1 depth. The nest is built of moss and hair. | The eggs arc usually six in number and l white, with brown spots
 l TIE meadow lark usually builds it's nest in meadow or low field it is built in a tus- sock of grass and is composed of dry. wiry 1 grass. It is reached by q concealed wind ing path. The eggs arc four in number and white with fine dots of reddish brown
 TIE blue jay builds it's nest ill fork of low pine or cedar, in retired locality: it is loosely constructed of roots and twigs and lined with twigs, moss and leaves The eggs are four or five i'll number; their color IS generally light green, with spots of light brown.
 TIE bob-o-link places it's nest on the ground, is usually concealed beneath tus- sock of grass 1t is constructed of grass loosely arranged. The nest usually con talns four eggs which vary in color from light brown with obscure spots of darker brown to gray color with blotchcs of brownlsh black.
 TIE bluebird generally builds its nest in deserted woo6peckcrs hole or q knot-hole Ill fence post. The materials used ill it's construction are soft grasses, feathers and wool These arc thrown together without any great care. The eggs are four or five in number They are of light blue color, with greenish tut.
 TIE common crow builds it's nest in pine or hemlock: it is constructed of, first, layer of coarse tWigs and sticks, then layer of bark. moss and grasses; 1t is warmly lined with bark, grass and leaves The eggs are usually four in number; their roipr iS pf 6iffprauf ShaIaS of covered with spots of brown and dusky.
 TIE house wren occupies the nest of a bluebrd. or when it builds q nest of it's own it selects q hole Tn q tree or fence post and fills the whole caylty with sticks and twigs. Thls mass Is hollowcd in the center and lined with soft grasses, feathers and wool. The eggs are from six To ten in number: thcir color is pale red and covered with fine dots of q darker color
 TIE brown thrush usually builds it's nest i'll Il bush or thickct of briars or vines. It is composed first of d layer of twigs, then leaves and strips of bark and the wholei3 covered with 1ibrous roots. the nest i5 deeply hollowed and lined with fine roots and hairs. Tie eggs are fraa three to five in number; of q dirty white color sprinkled over thieilly with fine dots of brown.
 TIT eatbirds nest is usually located in bushes or shrubs. IL is constructed first of d layer of twgs nd sticks on which Is built the b5ds of the nest, which Is composed of fine tWigs, leaves and straw; il is deeply hol- lowed and lined with fine grasses, hairs and fine roots. The eggs are four or five in number: their color is deep emerald green and their form generally oYate.
 I'll eherry=blrd builds it's nest on a hor- zonta branch in the midst Of twigs. gener- allX i'll the orchard. It Is constructed of stalks of weeds, roots, grass and leaves: it Is deeply hollewcd and lined with fine roots alsi grasses and horschars. The eggs are usually four CT five i'll number: they are light blue and marked more or less distinct y with distinct biotches of black and ob. scarc spots of purphsh lrown.
 TIE summer yclow-bird's nest is usually built in q low bush, but sometimes ill an alder or maple tree, seldom oyer fifteen or twenty feet from the ground. II Is formed of layers of down, of willows mixed with fine strips of bark and pine ! A es and lined with fine grass or down and horschair and sometimes feathers. The eggs are usually four in number, sometimes five; they vary ill color from a creamy white, with spots and blotches of different ssadcs of brown, to grayish white. with q green shade and marked wlth the same spots and botches.
 THC barn swallow occupies the samc nest several seasons, repairing 1t each year as It needs repairing It is built in the caves of houses or barns or on rafters of barns or other buildings. Itis constructed outward ly of strong sheliof mud and hay plastered together and rendered more adhesive by the saliva of the brd The nest is bullt out and up until the top is about horizontal and then lined with q layer of fine grass or hay which is covered over with loose feathers There are often as high as twenty nests under the same caves The eggs are four OF five in. number They are white and Gotted over wIthtwo shades of brown, red dish and pulBhsh.