THE OOLOGIST 



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No. 71 — Nests of 

 Photo by Ea 



(late, armed with a camera, a small 

 crowbar, a heavy chisel, and a hatchet 

 We went to the old house. Unfor- 

 tunately a farmer was cutting grain in 

 the field and, as we did not know but 

 that he might raise objections to the 

 plans which we had for destroying his 

 property, we had to work with caution. 

 By measurements we located a point 

 in the chimney, on the second floor of 

 the house, and on the side opposite to 

 the nest, which we thought would be 

 a good location for the camera. We 

 immediately set to work to dig a hole 

 in the chimney. We were as quiet as 

 possible about it, so as not to arouse 

 the suspicions of the farmer before 

 mentioned, and we suspended opera- 

 tions whenever he came in the vicini- 

 ty of the cabin. The chimney was 

 very thick and the stones were large. 



Cliff Swallows 

 rl R. Forrest. 



and so it took us the best part of an 

 hour to dig an opening large enough 

 for the front of the camera. 



Our calculations proved to be cor- 

 rect, and the hole commanded an ex- 

 cellent view of the nest, which con- 

 tained three eggs. Two exposures 

 were made, both of which, on develop- 

 ing, turned out good. 



The nest was situated sixteen feet 

 from the bottom of the chimney and 

 about six feet from tlie top. It was 

 composed of twigs, glue.l together 

 with the saliva of the bird. 

 American Crow, (Corvus americanus). 



On April 24th, 1905, a friend inform- 

 ed me that he had found a crow's 

 nest, containing five eggs, which he 

 thought would be easy to photograph. 

 It was located about one-half mile 

 from town (Washington, Pennsyl- 



