92 



THE OOLOGIST. 



Publications Received. 



"Condor," Vol. VII, No. 5. Penn- 

 sylvania oological Quarterly Bulletin, 

 Vol. II, No. 4. American Ornithology, 

 Vol. V, No. 6. 



Editor Oologist : — 



I had the good fortune to secure a 

 fine female Kirtland Warbler today. 

 The first one I killed was a male. May 

 4, 1878, which shows that the males 

 pass through Ohio, nearly 2 weeks be- 

 fore the females as the last female kill- 

 ed some 2 years ago was May 15th, this 

 specimen I took today was one exactly 

 the same line as the first one I took m 

 1878. Unless a collector sees the yel- 

 low throat he will mistake it from some 

 sparrow and had I not seen its warbler 

 beak I should have passed it by. 



A. HALL. 

 Lakewood, O. 



Delayed Migration. 



Dec. 17, 1886, I shot a male Field 

 Sparrow, Spizella pusilla, at Dighton, 

 Bristol county, Mass. Examination 

 revealed two quite large wart like 

 growths on one leg. The specimen was 

 not attenuated and it was in good plum- 

 age. I am of the opinion that tTiis 

 affliction detained the bird North, as 

 the species habitually leaves this local- 

 ty for the South about Oct. 1st. 



CHARLES L. PHILLIPS. 



Taunton, Mass. 



A Large Set of the Chickadee. 



In the Oologist, Lispenard S. Hor- 

 ton, mentions the finding of a set of 

 ten eggs of the Chickadee, Parus atri- 

 capillus, which he considers a very 

 large set. On the 9th of May, 1897, I 

 found a set of thirteen eggs of this 

 interesting little resident, which were 

 in an advanced stage of incubation. 

 GLEN M. HATHORN, 

 Cedar Rapids, la. 



A nest of the Varied Thrush within 

 the radius of the U. S. is a rarety. In 

 North Idaho he makes glad every brush 

 patch with song but hies him away to 

 foreign lands to mate. Occasionally 

 however, they do nest here. Last 

 spring while fishing I found a nest sad- 

 dled upon a white fir tree about 10 feet 

 up containing 4 beautiful blue eggs 

 flecked with amber brown, especially 

 about larger end. In size and shape 

 closely resembling those of the West- 

 ern Robin. These were promptly add- 

 ed to my collection and right thankful 

 I was to my friends for selecting Idaho 

 for a home. 



DR. C. S. MOODY. 



? Notmg your invitation as to an ex- 

 pression of opinion regarding the advis- 

 ability of establishing a Collector's Pro- 

 tective Committee I wish to vote in 

 favor of such a committee as moved 

 by Mr. Price and supported by yourself. 

 Personally, I have little patience with 

 a deliberate egg fraud and when proved 

 such to the satisfaction of such a com- 

 mittee as proposed there should be no 

 hesitation to public condemnation. The 

 suggested chairman appears to me as 

 one in touch and sympathy with the 

 collector and who would regard it a 

 duty to extend the beneficial influence 

 of his editorial position. Taken as a 

 whole, the knowledge of an existing 

 committee ever ready to act promptly 

 and firmly would have an excellent 

 moral effect, a strong tendency to 

 cheffk dishonesty, and beyond doubt ev- 

 ery honest collector will earnestly 

 sanction the election of such a com- 

 mittee especially if he has had his wild 

 turkey and goose eggs collected in a 

 bam yard and his American Curlew 

 and Creeper eggs in Europe. 



J. CLAIRE WOOD. 



