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THE OOLOGIST. 



a small swamp, hoping to add a few 

 new sets to my collection. The swamp 

 was a small one, being not over an 

 acre in extent. Numerous Red-wing 

 Blackbirds hovered overhead, chirping 

 their continual con-ger-ee, and making 

 the cold chills run up my back, when 

 I suddenly started a bird, somewhat 

 larger than a pigeon, and shortly 

 found a nest containing seven eggs of 

 a bullish color, sparingly spotted with 

 rusty brown. Not knowing the bird 

 and therefore not knowing whether the 

 set was complete or not, decided to 

 leave it until a later date and return, 

 which I did the eighteenth, and find- 

 ing only nine eggs, took them. The 

 nest was composed of weeds and lined 

 with fine grass, a flat platform like 

 structure, about a. foot in diameter, 

 located in a clump of willows, about a 

 foot from the ground. Later the eggs 

 were identified by Dr. Jessee, of Philo, 

 111., as those of the King Rail. 



S S. S. Stansell, 

 Philo, Illinois. 



Editorial Notes. 



So much good material along that 

 line has accumulated that we publish 

 this as a special Warbler Number. 



Now that the breeding of the Con- 

 necticut and Kirtland's Warblers has 

 been ferretted out and described, Bach- 

 man's Warbler occupies a unique po- 

 sition and we trust for authentic data 

 in regard to its breeding and eggs 

 from some Collector in the Central 

 South before long. 



We regretfully announce the death 

 of R. F. Anderson of Aylmer, West, 

 Ontario, Canada, last June by drown- 

 ing while out boating in pursuit of 

 his hobby. 



Mr. Anderson was well-known as an 

 enthusiastic student and Collector in 

 several branches of Natural History. 



We also regret the loss of another of 

 the best known of North American 



Oologists, Mr. J. B. Canfield of Bridge- 

 port, Conn., whose accidental death 

 by asphyxiation has just been report- 

 ed to the Editor. Mr. Canfield was a 

 careful and conscientious collector 

 and leaves a fine collection. 



Publications Received. 



Am. Ornithology, Vol. IV, No. 3. 

 Notes from Thicket and Swamp. 

 Guelph Daily Herald, Feb. 26, '04. 

 March 5, '04 and March 12, '04. 

 Condor, Vol. VI, No, 2. 



Review. 



Additional notes on the Summer 

 Birds of Flathead Lake. P. M. Sillo- 

 way. Being Bulletin No. 18 of L'ni- 

 versity of Montana. Biological Series 

 No. 6. A supplement to Biological 

 Series, No. 1, giving notes on nesting 

 of species not noted in No. 1, a full 

 revised list and some fine half tones 

 from photos. 



On February 28th a friend and I 

 went in search of Great Horned Owl's 

 eggs. We read in "Davies Nest and 

 Eggs," that the last of February or 

 the first of March is the time to look 

 for them. On entering the woods we 

 saw an owl leave a large oak tree. I 

 climbed up and imagine my astonish- 

 ment to see three young owls, snap- 

 ping their bills at me. According to 

 this eggs should be looked for about 

 the last of January or first of February. 

 Is this not exceptionally early? 



C. W. Prier. 



The twenty-seventh of February 

 there was found by the section hands 

 of the West Shore railroad, a young 

 Red-throated Loon nearly starved to 

 death, (it did die the next day,) in a 

 marsh near Port Gibson, Wayne Co., 

 New York. 



H. K. Sedgwick. 



