THE OOLOGIST 



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Brown Thrasher in Southwestern 

 Pennsylvania. 



On July 3, 1910 I found a nest of 

 the Brown Thrasher, containing two 

 eggs, and on July 10th, a nest of the 

 same number. In both cases incuba- 

 tion had begun. Is this not unusual, 

 as I find of no instances of this kind, 

 the Brown Thrasher laying in April 

 and May, and then from three to four 

 eggs. I|f 



One of these nests was in a small 

 apple tree, composed of weeds and 

 grass, lined with rootlets, three feet 

 from the ground. The other was in 

 a blackberry brier two and one-half 

 feet from the ground, and made of 

 the same material. In the last case 

 the bird remained on the nest after 

 I was within three feet of her. 



GHALE M. NUSS. 



dental discoveries of this sort, which 

 many of the readers of THE OOLO- 

 GIST have no doubt experienced. 



D. I. SHEPARDSON. 



Baeolophus Inornatus, 

 I found a nest of the Plain Titmouse 

 in a rather novel manner on March 

 2Sth of the season just passed. We 

 had been searching through the live 

 oaks that border the foothills along 

 the Lcs Angeles River for sets of this 

 species, but had met with no success. 

 Leaving the oak belt behind, we fol- 

 lowed the road down through the wil- 

 lows. Wishing to obtain a stick to 

 rap at the base of any willows ex- 

 hibiting symptoms of being the nesting 

 1 lace of any of the numerous specie 

 of Woodpeckers inhabiting the river 

 bottom. I broke off a limb from a 

 small dead willow near the road. To 

 my surprise, I noticed a quantity of 

 rabbit and squirrel hair pro.1ecting 

 from the cavity left, and further ex- 

 amination revealed a set of four eggs 

 of the Plain Titmouse, covered over by 

 the hair and feathers forming the lin- 

 ing. The foundation of the nest wa£ 

 composed of straw and green moss. 

 I would like to hear of other acci- 



The Holboell Grebe in Philadelphia 

 County, Pa. 



In TIIR OOLOGIST (1906, p. 23) I 

 recorded the capture of a Holboell's 

 Grebe in Philadelphia County. Ever 

 since then I have been on the lookout 

 for others, but never met with it again 

 until November 11, 1909. On that day 

 I saw three together on the Schuyl- 

 kill River, above the Falls of Schuyl- 

 kill, and in Fairmount Park, Philadel- 

 phia. 



I v/atched them for a long time as 

 they dove and swam about, always 

 keeping together, and never coming 

 any nearer than within about two hun- 

 dred yards of the shore. They also 

 kept shy of the few ])leasure crafts on 

 the river at the time, mainly canoes. 



It was impossible to shoot them as 

 they were in the park, so I am still in 

 quest of other specimens for my col- 

 lection. 



It is a singular fact that very few 

 of our gunners have met with this 

 bird; none whom I have interviewed 

 have ever seen it, and they know it 

 not when I described it to them. There 

 is a bare possibility of their confus- 

 ing it with the Rod-throated Loon. 



There is one in the possession of a 

 family in Kensington, Philadelphia, 

 killed about November or December, 

 1905, on the Delaware River, above 

 Philadelphia: which is probably a fe- 

 male. R. F. MILLER. 



:. L. RAWSON'S QUAIL 

 TRAP ITEMS 

 Connecticut Bird Notes From an Old 

 Hand at the Game. 



The Quail Trap, Sep. 23, 1909.— My 

 attention has been called to a list of 

 common birds which appeared at in- 



