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great pains in my approach, meaning to secure a shot if 

 possible. It was no use; the male discovered me and set up 

 an outcry, and the female was off like a flash. Both birds 

 were well seen however, and their continuous clamor in an 

 adjacent part of the woods assured me of their interest if 

 not of their sympathies. I ascended the tree with some 

 trepidation, fearing lest the old bird should have gone back 

 on her reputation as a freak. But I was not to be disap- 

 pointed; there lay three eggs as destitute of markings as 

 any woodpecker's, and having the same delicate blue tint 

 as my first one. The nest was in every respect a crow's, 

 though indifferently well lined. Although unable to secure 

 the parent birds on account of their extreme wariness, I 

 am thoroughly satisfied that the evidence for these crows' 

 eggs is the best. 



The eggs measure as follows: 1.83 x 1.41 inches; L82 x 

 1.38 inches; 1.78 x 1.39 inches; 1.72 x 1.39 inches; as com- 

 pared to 1.70 X 1.20 for the average crow's egg. 



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On the 28th of May, 1892, while out collecting, I shot a 



male Olive-sided Flycatcher. This bird had a shining 

 white brown ; the bill, which was slightly larger than or- 

 dinary, was flesh colored with the exception of a black 

 spot on the upper mandible The back was spotted here 

 and there with white feathers. Wm. Rolfe. 



[A case of partial albinism. — Ed.] 



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While exploring a deep, thickly wooded ravine leading 



into Vermilion River, Lorain County, Ohio, with a party 



of botanists, June 4, 1892, the publisher found a nest which 



he had sought without success for some years. 



Following the bed of the clear, cold stream at the bot- 

 tom of the ravine, we flushed a bird from its nest in the 

 side of a clay bank. The bird flew quickly away, '"chip- 

 ping" sharply, and giving us little chance for observation. 



A few minutes later, on the return back to the river we 

 obtained an excellent view of the bird and easily recog- 

 nized it as the Oven Bird, Seiiiriis aurocapillus. 



The nest was placed in a little hoik w, in a recess of the 



