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was auotlici- willi tli(^ y()Uii<>stcr cIh])- 

 pin^!,' the slicll, one cgff was rotten and 

 the otlicr liad a .young liavvk inside 

 tiiat would liave hatc-lu'd in a week. 



May 24th. (iolden-c-rowncd Tlirusli. 

 Collected a set of live eogs and ni'st of 

 this speeies, it was imilt in the old ncsl 

 used last Year !)y the same ])air. 



May 2r)th. Marsji Hawk. Found a 

 line set of li\e eggs to-day although 

 a summer resident, it is hai'd to lind 

 man_\' ])eoj)h' liiat know a'lout this 

 Hawk, sometimes called "Fish Eagle," 

 breeds also on salt meadows. l>lue Jay 

 resident throughout the year; found a 

 line set of live eggs of this bird to-da.y, 

 this is mj' second set of eggs oiitai. led 

 in four years eoUecting. 



May 27th. (Jreat-ei-est<Ml Flycatcher. 

 ().>taiiied a line set of seven fre.sh eggs. 

 31ay iJOth. Canaila F'ly-eatehing 

 War';)!er. I found a nest containing 

 live eggs of this species, in a i'asp!)erry 

 bush in a ))astui'e, the bird was very 

 shy until after the set was comi)l<>ted, 

 then 1 iden titled the male while on the 

 nest. 



June 12th. Black-billed Cuckoo. 

 -One egg three-fourths incubated from a 

 nest in which there were two young 

 l)irds with feathers on them; eggs of 

 this an<l the Yellow-billed can be obtain- 

 ed, and I have found them from June 

 1st, till Septembei- 2oi-il. 



Mr. ].. ;ilso adds that on Aug. 27, 1«8S 

 he, took a set of five fresh eggs of the 

 Cedar Waxwing. 



We are indepted to .Mr. A. Darling, 

 Simcor, Out. f<i!- cleverly executed peii- 

 cil-di;iwings of the Belted Kingfisher. 



Mr. U. S. (Jraiit, Minnea])olis, Minn., 

 will accept thanks for t-opies of his 

 valuable articles. "Conchological Notes" 

 ami " Notes on the ]Molluscan Fauna of 

 Minnesota" as issued in the annual 

 i-eport of the (icological and Natural 

 History Sui-\ey of Minnesota in the 

 years of 1885 and 1887 re.speeti\ely. 



C. C. T., Utica, N. Y., ha.s a .set of six 

 eggs of the Inaek-billed Cuckoo which 

 he collected during the ])ast season. 



(Jlen (;ill, of (Jttawa, Kans., writes 

 that he has a beautiful set of two eggs 

 of the Po(U- 'Will that he took near that 

 place. 



Y. 'V. Daii'ow, Conring, la., write.-^ 

 that the Dickcissel or Black-throated 

 Spai-ro\\- is commonly called "VV'histliiig 

 Sparrow" in his locality. He also writes: 

 T. F:. S., of this city, has a beautiful 

 nest and set of four eggs of the Black- 

 capped Cliick:«lee. The nest is made 

 Of hail' throughout, slightly hollowed 

 on top in which lay the four eggs. 

 There is a co\ er also made of liairs 

 which coveis the eggs when the bird 

 was ab.->i'nt. 



(ieo. Lindsey, Sedalia, A[o., writes of 

 successfully faking a nest with eggs of 

 the Chimney Swift as follows: I took 

 ;i small fin bucket filled with cotton, 

 low<'reil it down the chimney and held 

 it just under the nest, then taking a 

 long pole (a rake handle will do) I broke 

 the nest from the side of the chimney 

 and ail fell into the bucket of eoiton. 

 I* drew theni out of the chimney and 

 found both nest and eggs in good con 

 dition. 



\V. P>. Daley, Chatham, N. Y., writes: 

 I wo\dd like to know if the American 

 (^uail breeds in eastern New York. 1 

 ha\e ne\-er seen the bird in Cohunbia. 

 County Avlu're I reside. Brit on October 

 2, 188S), while afrieml and I were cro.ss- 

 iiig a corn tield, we found an v^^^ of 

 this Bird lying on the ground. It had 

 the appearance of having been laid 

 about the middle of the summei-. 



(i. ^1. L., :\Ialone, N. Y.: 



The bird whii-h you c:ill "Flang- 

 Bird," "Hanging Bird" and "Wood 

 Warbler," is one of the Vireos, doubt- 

 less the R('d-ev«Hl. 



