THE OOLULIlbT. 



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•'snow-white storks," probably snowy 

 herons and which he says in a foot note 

 to his poem were ''summer birds, and 

 very transient visitants to these north- 

 era regions." The foresters then went 

 across the countr3% a distance of eiglit 

 or ten miles dii-ectly east to Cayuga 

 Lake. There they purchased a boat, 

 which they named "The Niagara," and 

 went down the lake to Seneca river. 

 Following the course of this 'river they 

 enter Lake Onondaga, thence the Os- 

 wego river, and at last abandon their 

 barge at Fort Oswego on the shores of 

 Lake Ontario. At Fort Oswego they 

 procured pa.ssage for QueeUstovvn and 

 at once embarked. While on their waj" 

 a heavy storm came up which nearly 

 destroyed the ship. Added to the un- 

 easiness of a I'ough sea the three com- 

 panions suffered severely from seasick- 

 ness. 



Arriving at Queenstovvn after being 

 tossed for several days in a boisterous 

 sea, they at once set out on foot for the 

 Falls of Niagara. When Wilson and 

 hih companions beheld the stupendous 

 sheet of falling water their expectations 

 were more than realized. He was f.- 

 vorably affected by the sight of Niagara 

 and it is interesting to observe how his 

 favorite pursuit is associated with every 

 striking scene. When he describes the 

 cataract with its stuj^endous column of 

 spray, he is not so much engaged with 

 the grandeur of the scene as not to ob- 

 serve the eagle towering at a great 

 height above. 



After spending a few days at the 

 Falls and vicinity they returned home 

 through Central New York by the way 

 of Albany and New York City, and ar- 

 rived at Philadelphia after an al)sence 

 of fifty-nine days. 



Twice Used Humming Birds' Nests- 

 No one having replied t > Mr. Camp- 

 bell's suggestive article in the Juno 

 O.JLOGi.sT, I shall take this opportunity 



to venture my experience relative to 

 Humming Birds' nests being u.sed dur- 

 ing a pei'iod of more than one season. 



Some time previous I made note in 

 The Oologist of finding a nest of the 

 Annas Humming Bird which was re- 

 markable in two points. Firstly on 

 account of "the exceptionally early date 

 — Feb. 2 — and secondly l)ecause it was 

 a previously occupied nest, the young 

 having been reared in it the year ijcfore. 



This nest contained two vcr^^ slightly 

 incubated eggs. 



It was very considei'ably enlarged. 

 In fact it was the largest nest I have 

 ever found. 



Another remarkable nest is one in 

 the college grounds. It is quite famous 

 among the students, having Ijeen built 

 three years ago and has been the home 

 for three broods of young— one everj' 

 year. 



No attempt has been made to take 

 it, probably because it would be ex- 

 ceedingly difficult to reach. It is placed 

 on a ver^^ slender twig of a cypress tree 

 about twenty feet from the groui d and 

 but a few feet from one of the college 

 windows from whence- the present bird 

 can be .seen patiently sitting upon her 

 nest, and is greatly admired by the 

 students. 



The nest was repaired this year about 

 the first of March and the young have 

 left the ne.st long since. 



Another preoccupied nest, which is 

 the prettiest I have ever .seen and is 

 now in my collection, was discovered 

 by me on May 2(i, 18S)'2. It was on a 

 slender moss-covered twig of a linden 

 tree, barely two feet above a creek. 

 This nest contained two fresh eggs and 

 was within four feet of another nest in 

 the same tree, cDntaiiiiiig young. 



The old nest is plainly discernal)le at 

 the bottom and a little to one sicle of 

 the new one. I wonder if it could be 

 l)()ssiblc that the nest containing young 

 behjuged to the fornuir occupants of t he- 

 nest in question. 



