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THE OOLOQIST 



Photographing Some Difficult Nests. 



The three following species, al- 

 though not rare, are rather hard to 

 photograph, especially their nests and 

 eggs in the original situation. A pho- 

 tograph, of the nest and eggs of the 

 first species is hard to obtain. In a 

 long experience this is the only oppor- 

 tunity that I ever had to record the 

 nesting of this bird with the camera, 

 and I thought that perhaps an account 

 of the find and the result might prove 

 of interest to the readers of THE 

 OOLOGIST. 

 Chimney Swift. (Chaetura pelagica). 



During the early summer of 1903, 

 with two companions and fellow col- 

 lectors I was camping in the southern 

 part of Washington County, Pennsyl- 



vania. By referring to my note book 

 for that year I find that on June 26th, 

 one of my comrades, while on his way 

 to a country store, found a Chimney 

 Swift's nest in the large stone chim- 

 ney of an old log cabin. The house 

 contained two stories and was situated 

 in a field along a road, and about one 

 hundred yards from a farm house. 

 The old building was surrounded by a 

 few apple and cherry trees. My friend 

 discovered the nest by looking up the 

 chimney from an old fire place on the 

 first floor. He climbed to the roof of 

 the cabin and, on looking down the 

 chimney, saw one egg in the nest. He 

 left at once and reported his find at 

 camp. 



We decided that the set would be 

 crmpleted by the 29th, and so, on that 



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No. 6: — .Nest and Eggs of Crow 

 Photo by Earl R. Forrest. 



