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specimens more than a hundred flamingo 

 eggs and a set of Bahama cuckoo eggs, 

 held at $100. 



We looked at eggs till our eyes fairly 

 ached. There were blue eggs and yellow 

 eggs and white eggs and green eggs and 

 red eggs ; eggs spotted and streaked and 

 blotched and brown all over. Diminutive 

 hummer's delicate eggs and eggs from 

 Africa's enormous ostrich. Eggs from all 

 the slates, from all the continents ; by the 

 dozen, by tlie bushel : from two cents to 

 $50. 00 eiich. Eggsactly, and if you wish to 

 see all we have seen, just call on the gentle- 

 manly proprietors and you will be cordially 

 received. 



Late Collecting'. 



Collecting practically ends with June till 

 the following spring, yet the breeding sea- 

 son of man}' birds extend into July and 

 August. This season, '87, I have had 

 pretty good luck during the hot months, as 

 will be .seen bj' the following notes: 



July 4. Found a set of three eggs of the 

 Wood Thrush; incubation conunenced. I 

 took nearly forty eggs of this species the 

 past season. 



July 9. Nest of the Baltimore Oriole 

 containing four eggs; nest very curious, 

 made entirely of fine dead grass woven 

 together in the shape of a bag. 



July 13. Took a clutch of three eggs of 

 the Yellow-l)illed Cuckoo; incubation com- 

 menced; nest in chestnut sapling. Si feet 

 up ; situated in a large brier patch ; nest 

 made of dead twigs, leaves and chestnut 

 blossoms Also a nest of the Vesper Spar- 

 row containing four slightly incubated eggs. 



July 15. The Black-billed Cuckoo was 

 the victim to-day ; a handsome set of ff)ur 

 in various states of incubation, from com- 

 menced to advanced ; nest in a chestnut 

 saplmg 5A- feet from the ground, and within 

 a few yards from where I found the Cuckoo 

 nest on the 131 h, composed of dead twigs, 

 leaves, weeds and l)ark ; lined with pieces 

 of green leaves. 



July 18. A nest and four eggs of the 

 Indigo Bunting, in a blackberrj' bush ; nest 

 C()nii)osed of dead leaves, grass, weeds and 

 the silk fi'om caterpillars' nest ; lined with 

 hor.seliairs. Also a very pretty set of Ked- 

 eyed Vireoeggsfour in number ; incubation 

 couunenced. 



July 23. Set of three eggs of the Song 

 Sparrow in a blackberry bush ; incubation 

 •commenced. 



July 28. I ran across a nest containing 

 one young and one chipped egg of the 

 Black-billed Cuckoo ; nest in a dogwood 

 sapling feet uj), composed of dead twigs, 

 leaves, strips of bark anil chestnut blossoms; 

 lined sparsely with horsehair. This is the 

 first Cuckoo's nest 1 have found witli any- 

 thing but vegetable substance in its makeup. 



August 5. Red-eyed Vireo — three eggs 

 nearl}^ hal(;hed. 



August 27. American Goldfinch, four 

 eggs ; incubatioti commenced ; nest in a 

 phim tree ; made of grape vine bark, fine 

 dead grass and wool, lined with thistle 

 down ; a very pretty nest. 



F. L. B., Berwyn, Pa. 

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A Day's Collecting' in Southern 

 Kansas. 



One day last spring my chum and I 

 started out for a day's tour in the woods. 

 We started along the river southeast of 

 town, and before we had gone far we dis- 

 covered a nest in an elm tree tree. My 

 chum volunteered to climb after it. When 

 he had got about half way up to the nest, 

 I noticed two blackbirds fl3'ing about the 

 tree and I thought then that it was their 

 nest. Sure enough, when he got up to the 

 nest what did it contain but five half-grown 

 Blackbirds. You can imagine we were not 

 very well pleased with our find, especially 

 my chum, who had a hard climb after the 

 nest. 



Our next find was a Redbird's nest in a 

 hedge, containing four eggs, highly incu- 

 bated. We continued along the river and 

 found a good many uosts, but they were 

 mostly common, such as Catbirds, Brown 

 Thrashers and Turtle Doves. 



When about a mile and half from town 

 we found a Kingfislier's nest in a hole in a 

 bluff overlooking the river. It contained 

 five eggs about foui- feet back, and we had 

 a hard dig to get them. We were very hot 

 and tired when we got them, but we felt 

 amply paid when we had got the five pretty 

 white eggs safely blown. We also found 

 a Bank Swallows nest with four fresh eggs 

 in it. 



As we were walking along the railroad 

 track, on our return home, a train come 

 along, and I stepped up on a pile of ties to 

 wait until it passed. As I did .so a bird 

 fiew up, I looked, and lo ! and behold ! it 

 had flown off its best and tliere were five 

 Gt. Crested Flycatcher's eggs in it. As we 

 neared home; we took a set of Kingbird and 

 Blackbird's eggs, both fresh. When we 

 arrived home we were tired but satisfied 

 with our day's tour. 



ClIAKLKS T. HeVBURN, 



Fort Scott, Kansas. 



