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Eagle Nests. — The bald eagle nests at various points along the 

 lake shore, and some of these nests were observed, and photographs 

 secured during tlie past summer. One of these is between Sandusky 

 and Huron, about two miles from Huron, and a half mile from the 

 Huron street railway, in a Shag bark hickory tree. It stands away 

 from other timber, altliough it is said formerly to have been sur- 

 rounded entirely by trees. It is probably one hundred and twenty- 

 flve feet in height, or more, and doubtless towered above surrounding 

 trees, and at present constitutes the most conspicuous object to be 

 seen for miles in any direction. The nest, as shown in the accom- 

 pany ingphotographs, must be at least a hundred feet from the ground, 

 but owing to the impossibility of climbing the tree, and from the 

 fact that no exact means of measurement were at hand, the precise 

 height is unknown. This nest, we were told, has been in this tree 

 only a few years, but prior to its building one has existed in the im- 

 mediate locality for at least thirty years past. The nest is evidently 

 five or six feet in diameter, being somewhat more tlattened than 

 other nests observed, owing probably to the spreading character of 

 the limbs upon which it rests. No eagles were to be seen at the 

 time of our visit to the tree, but we were informed by the proprietor 

 of the farm that they liad reared a brood during the season, and one 

 was seen later by Mr. Griggs, at the time his photograph was taken. 



Other nests occur on Kelly's Island, and we made a trip to that 

 locality for the purpose of noting them and taking photographs, 

 which, however, on account of the day being unfavorable, are not 

 very clear, and cannot be reproduced to advantage. They are about 

 a inile and a half eastwai'd from the steamboat landing, one occur- 

 ring in a Maple tree about seventy-five feet in height, and the nest 

 at a height of about sixty-five feet, being at least six feet in height, 

 fitting the somewhat acute crotch, and at least five or six feet 

 across the top. The other is in a Burr Oak tree, some distance from 

 other trees, in a vineyard, and plainly to be seen from the lake 

 steamers when to the southeast of the landing. The tree is about a 

 hundred feet high, and the nest is about eighty or eighty-flve feet from 

 the ground. It is similar in form to the one just mentioned. Portions 

 can be seen to contain very large branches, which show out conspicu- 

 ously from the ground. 



Trimerotropis maritima. — This grasshopper which is very 

 abundant on the dunes along Cedar Point Beach, is of special interest 

 because of its protective resemblance to the sand on which it ordi- 

 narily rests. It is one of the best examples I have seen of adaptive 

 coloration, but does not seem to have been mentioned in such 

 connection, possibly because the colors change in preserved specimens 

 so that the mimicry is totally lost. Tliey reach maturity in latter 

 part of June, and while only larvae are seen in middle of June, 



