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THE OOLOGIST. 



If the birds in these two instances 

 emerged from the shells as they grew 

 they were, of course the product of dis- 

 arranged cell growth in the earlv em- 

 bryonic stage. 



This matter is not well understood as 

 yet though many attribute it to mental 

 or physical disturbance nf the parent 

 in mammals. This would hardly ac- 

 count for the condition occurring in 

 eggs. 



We agree with Mr. Miller that Pig- 

 eons are worse nuisances agriculturally 

 than Crows, but have concluded after 

 years of careful observation that the 

 balance of the Crows account is against 

 him. — Editor. 



tree that I have met in 25 years in col- 

 lecting in Connecticut. 



Clifford M. Case. 



Rough-winged Swallow at Hartford, Conn. 



It has been my good fortune to care- 

 fully watch a pair of these Swallows 

 for the last three years using a water 

 conductor or pipe hole in an enbank- 

 ment wall on the Park River in the city 

 for a breeding place. This year they 

 have raised their young in this place 

 which seems an unusual one, the hole 

 is 18 inches above high water and 10 

 feet up from the bed of the river. 

 They arrived May 4, 1904 and May 13, 

 1905. This Swallow is rare in Hartford 

 county. 



CLIFFORD M. CASE. 



Red-tailed Hawk. 



A High One. 



While on a collecting trip Good Fri- 

 day, April 28, 1905, after Red-shoul- 

 dered Hawks' eggs, I found an extra 

 tall piece of woods covering some 7 or 

 8 acres. I found two or three old nests; 

 a little farther on a new one, with a 

 good vigorous clapping of my hands a 

 bird Hew of which proved to be a Red- 

 tail from a nest in a white pine tree. 

 On measuring it proved to be 92 feet 

 from the ground. It contained 2 dirty 

 and badly incubated eggs. I think 

 this is one of the oldest pieces of tim- 

 ber in Hartford Co., and the highest 



I was interested in Mr. Smithwick's 

 article in the Mav issue. The follow- 

 ing notes mayjbe of interest to some. 

 For several years Purple Martins had 

 reared their broods in a box placed on 

 a pole. During last winter a storm 

 blew the box off the pole. On April 6th 

 of this 3'ear the Martins were seen 

 alighting upon the pole, chattering 

 and flying about it until a new box 

 was erected. 



Does this not show that birds have a 

 remarkable memory and that the same 

 pair or pairs return to the same nest- 

 ing site? 



The following may beof interest. A 

 pair of Blue Jays built a nest upon a 

 pole in my barn but the rats destroyed 

 the eggs. 



C. W. Prier. 



C. B. v.. Ills.— and others.— No. 51a 

 was omitted from our last Standard 

 Catalogue because the A. O. U. has 

 now concluded that 51 and 51a are not 

 distinct forms and combined them as 

 one Herring Gull.— Editor. 



To-day I have just got a set of Song 

 Sparrow's eggs and nest with a Robin's 

 egg in it. Something new to me. 

 Yours truly, 

 Ed. Dixon. 

 Unionville, Ont. 



Publications Received. 



Bulletin Michigan Orn. Club, Vol. 

 VI, Nos. 1 and ?. 



Journal of Me. Orn. Soc. Vol. VII, 

 No. 2. 



Bulletin Penn. Dept. of Agri. Zool- 

 ogy, Vol. III. No. 2. 



Philatelic West, Vol. XXX, No. 2. 



Am. Ornithology, Vol. V, No. 7. 



Condor, Vol. VII, No. 4. 



