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There is proof of seventeen nests having contained eggs at various times between the middle of June and the last day of July. The nests were divided between two districts and were in five separate groups. The only record of laying to hatching did not indicate a more lengthy period than the normal one for the spring. The survival of newly hatched chicks through a long severe winter storm was most surprising. The hatching to flying period was on the average nine days longer than normal. The small size at the first flying of the last eight birds, from three different broods, has not been previously experienced by the observers.