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THE OOLOGISl 



Nesting Site of Woodcock, Channtl Lake, Ind. Photo by G. A. Abbott, 

 May 30, 1906. 



Mr. Abbott furnished us' a nearer view showing Mrs. PhiLohela in out- 

 line sitting on nest with one bright eye plainly visible. 

 Received it too late to use with this article. [Ed.] 



sitting on four beauties among fallen 

 limbs, not forty feet away from the 

 first nest. Never before, had I wit- 

 nessed such an example of sociability 

 on the part of these birds. 



April 23rd, I was on the ground of 

 a densely covered area, comprising 

 large timber with second growth bor- 

 dering it on various sides. After one 

 and a half hours search, a parent was 

 observed on a nest of four dark eggs, 

 perfectly fresh. I was confident that 

 another pair was occupying the same 

 underbrush, but could not prove my 

 apprehension until several weeks later 



when I chanced upon a nest from. 

 which the young had just emerged. 

 This was a little disappointing (to 

 me,) though probably very gratifying, 

 to the bird, who must have witnessed 

 my searching for her, several weeks 

 previous. 



A companion of the opposite sex, 

 who is ornithologically inclined, accom- 

 panied me to the woodlands on the 

 balmy morning of April 2'8th. Shewas 

 taking migration notes, when I sug- 

 gested looking for the 'Owl among 

 Snipe" as we were among his native 

 retreats. Leaving my friend in an ele- 



