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 136 Bird- Lore sided Warbler, Canadian Warbler, Redstart, Small-billed Water- Thrush ; August 15-31, Yellow-bellied P'lycatcher, Bobolink, Nashville Warbler, Tennessee Warbler, Parula Warbler, Black-throated Blue Warbler, Back-throated Green Warbler, Magnolia War- bler, Bay-breasted Warbler, Blackburnian Warbler, Wilson's Warbler, Veery ; Sept. 1-15, Yellow-bellied Sapsucker, Savanna Sparrow, Blackpoll Warbler, Connecticut Warbler, Pine Warbler, Prairie Warbler, Blue- headed Vireo, Olive-backed Thrush, Red-bellied Nuthatch; Sept. 15-30, Herring Gull, Junco, White-throated Sparrow, Myrtle Warbler, Brown Creeper, Golden-crowned Kinglet, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Purple Finch, Winter Wren. Departure of Summer Residents. — Sept. 1-15, Acadian Flycatcher, Orchard Oriole, Baltimore Oriole, Rough-winged Swallow, Cliff Swallow, Barn Swallow, Purple Mar- tin, Worm-eating Warbler, Kentucky Warbler, Blue- winged Warbler; Sept. 15-30, Hummingbird, Whippoorwill, Kingbird, Crested Flycatcher, Wood Pewee, Yellow- throated 'ireo. Warbling 'ire. Yellow-breasted Chat, Yellow Warbler. AUGUST AND SEPTEMBER BIRD - LIFE NEAR OBERLIN, OHIO Bv Lynds Jones There is a good deal of movement among the birds during August, yet only two species come down from the north with any regularity, and they late in the month. However, a number of our summer resident species wholly disappear before the month draws to a close. While there are no frosty nights, there is likely to be some chilly weather as early as the middle of the month. There is no lessening of the foliage, except possibly the dying of some of the lower leaves in the thicker woods. The heat, combined with swarming mosquitoes and gnats and the deer flies, makes the life of the ornithologist miserable. The dense foliage renders work with the woods birds extremely difficult, especially so since the birds are inclined to be silent except during the early morning hours. Many of the birds have not fully recovered from the annual molt, and are more than usually retiring on that account. September brings good cause for thoughts of the sunn' south in that forcible suggestion of the coming winter season, frosty meadows and with- ering vegetation. The month is too likely to contain many days too dis- agreeable for all but the most ardent devotee of our chosen stuih. It is not so disappointing as August, for it brings many travelers from the north, and the foliage has thinned with each touch of frost. Not a few of the birds sing again, but the most are silent or only call. We are accustomed to think of May and June as the months when birds" nests are to be fount!. In this region many birds are still nesting in July, a few in August, and at least the Goldfinch and Mourning Dove even into September. These and Song Sparrow, Vesper Sparrow and the Cuckoos regularly nest during August. In Iowa I have many times found fresh eggs in the Cuckoos' nests as late as September 6.