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if the nest had been begun no earlier than 

 the last week in May. Eggs of 1\ swain- 

 soni are readily told from those of the oth- 

 er North American species, with the excep- 

 tion of the eggs of variety ustulatus, with 

 which they exactly correspond ; but the ge- 

 ographical range ot each species will usually 

 determine to which bird a nest belongs. 



Oological Notes for Summer. 



June 25 while out collecting I came a- 

 cross what I took to be a Yellow Warbler's 

 nest, but on bringing it in it proved to be ; 

 — that a Chipping Sparrow had built its 

 nest in an old Golden Oriole's nest, in which 

 were three young birds and one egg. The 

 egg was clearly a Chipping Sparrow's. 

 Now is it common for Chippies to use oth- 

 er birds' nests? If so, I should be glad to 

 have any ornithologist notify me of the fact, 

 as it is the first instance of the kind I have 

 seen. E. M. Hasbronck, Syracuse, N. Y. 



eggs. 



L. H. Johnson, Mt. Vernon, Ills. 



The birds nested from one to two weeks 

 later in this locality this year than last. 

 April 26 a pair of Purple Grackles built a 

 nest in the top of a large spruce in a gen- 

 tleman's door-yard in the midst of the city 

 and on the 29th of May the young were out 

 of the nest.* June 18th I shot a fine male 

 Hooded Warbler. The same day, while 

 out collecting, my attention was called to 

 a very large bull-frog in a fish trap, which 

 had swallowed a Cedar Bird. When I saw 

 him the ends of the wings were sticking out 

 of the frog's mouth, on opening which I 



* The Grackles are now engaged in incubating a 

 Becond set. 



could see the bird had just been swallowed 

 and appeared as if just killed. I think the 

 bird must have alighted on the edge of the 

 trap to drink and was seized by the frog. 

 I now have him preserved in alcohol with 

 the bird in his throat. June ISth, young 

 Water Thrushes able to fly. May 22ud I 

 took a set of Red-shouldered Hawk's eggs 

 pure white. May 8th, saw a single speci- 

 men of the Red-bellied Woodpecker — this 

 is only the second specimen of this bird I 

 have ever seen about here. May 30th saw 

 three Turtle Doves, — very rare about here. 

 Purple Finch very scarce this year — always 

 before very plenty. 



D. D. Stone, Osivego, N. Y. 



Red-tailed Hawk 

 Loggerhead Shrike 



Cooper's Hawk 

 Ground Robin 

 Maryland Yellow-thr't 

 Hairy Woodpecker 

 Yellow-breasted Chat 

 Philadelphia Vireo, 

 Rose-breasted Grosbeak 

 Great-crested Flycatc'r 

 Black-throated Bunting 

 Killdeer Plover 

 Green-crested Flycatc'r 

 Black-throated Bunting 



C. W. Strumberg, Galesburg, Ills. 



The Hermit Thrush {Turd7is pallasi) is 

 a very abundant bird in the Middle States. 

 It nests in suitable places very near the 

 ground : two nests were both within two 

 feet of the earth, both also built in the top 

 of the dead branches of fallen trees. In one 

 instance the female was quite demonstrative 

 over our close jipproach to her nest, which 

 contained young ; in the other, both pa- 

 rents appeared and regarded us silently 

 from a distance until we had departed. The 

 nests were composed largely of rootlets and 

 very small twigs, with leaves and a little 

 dry moss intermingled. Both the nests a- 

 bove referred to were built in rather open, 

 elevated woods. 



