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During the next two weeks I located three other magpies' 

 nests containing full sets of this bird, the merlins in every instance 

 being very noisy and wicked. 



During the first week in June I took a beautiful second set of 

 five eggs of this bird. This clutch was laid in the deserted nest 

 of the American roughlegged hawk, which was placed about 60 

 feet up in a large poplar. This set is blotched with cinnamon 

 color, not being of a general wash like the other sets. The pig- 

 ment no doubt gave out in this case. 



I am confident that these birds were just breeding locally, as 

 they were not observed anywhere else. The many magpies' 

 nests in Ihe vicinity of Lethbridge seem to attract the birds, 

 although I saw a pair of merlins looking after an old crow's nest, 

 but was unable to visit the spot again. 



To clinch the matter of identification I forwarded a set of 

 these eggs to Mr. Walter Raine, of Toronto, and another to Mr. 

 E. Arnold, of Battle Creek, Mich., and both gentlemen agree that 

 the eeers are none other than Richardson's merlin. 



W. J. Brown. 

 Westmount, Que., July 10th, 1936. 



THE GOLDEN WINGED WARBLER IN MANITOBA. 



While watching a small lot of warblers in thickish woods on 

 the morning of May 22nd I noted an unusual one among them 

 which on close inspection proved to be a male golden-winged 

 warbler {Hvlminthophila chrysopterd) in full plumage. Numer- 

 ous Magnolia warblers, redstarts and a few others were with it. 

 This so far as I am aware is the second record of this bird 

 appearing in Manitoba, the other having been taken by Mr. W. 

 Hine, near Winnipeg about the 27th day of May, 1887 See 

 Catalogue of Canadian Birds, part III., page 583, and The Atik, 

 Vol. VII., page 404. 



Norman Criddle. 

 Aweme, Manitoba. 



