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The birds seen by Mr. Brown were among alders, but 

 those I saw were in apple trees and in their habits greatly 

 resembled the Chickadee. Robert W. Hogg^ Boston, 

 Mass. 



Abnormal Egg of the Song Sparrow. While collect- 

 ing at Roxbury, Mass., I found a nest of the Song Spar- 

 row (Melosjn^a meloda) with six eggs, one of which was 

 pale bluish white, w^ithout markings, and of the usual di- 

 mensions while the others were perfectly normal. Henry 

 Savage, Boston, Mass, 



Another Spotted Egg of Empidonax minimus. In 

 the Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club for April, 

 1879, I mentioned a spotted Qg^ of this species, which I 

 had collected at Milton, Mass. In the following July I 

 found at Marblehead, Mass., a nest of this species contain- 

 ing three eggs, one of which had a ring of light brown 

 spots at the larger end. The Qgg was of natural size and 

 the rest of the set were normal in every respect. R, Hay- 

 ward, Bosto7i, Mass, 



EUT^ENIA SIRTALIS Sw ALLOWING ITS YoUNG. A fcW 



years ago I surprised a female Striped Snake (Mutcenia 

 sirtalis) with her young around her. When she saw me 

 she opened her mouth and the young ones quickly disap- 

 peared down her throat. I killed her and on cutting her 

 open found the young, of which I think there were live 

 or six. 



At the time I did not know that this was anything un- 

 usual, and I believe that there is still some doubt on this 

 subject. Arthur P, Chadhourne, Cainbridge, Mass, 



HiDROPHILUS TRIANGULUS AT SWAMPSCOTT, MaSS. Ill 



the summer of 1879 I took a specimen of this species on 

 the beach at Swampscott, Mass. It is rare in this 

 state, though common farther to the north. A, C, 

 Anthony, Boston, Mass, 



