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ORNITHOLOGIST 



[Vol. 7-No. 10 



ORNITHOLOGIST 



OOLOGIST. 



A MONTHLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO 

 THE BTtTDT OF BIRDS, THEIR NESTS AND EGGS. 



JOS. M. WADE, EDITOR, 



With the co-operation of able Ornithological 

 Writers and Collectors. 



Subscription — $1.00 per annum. Foreign Kubt<crip- 



tian $1.2.5 — including po-ttuge. Specimen 



Copies Ten Cent^. 



JOS. BE. WADE, Norwloli, Conn. 



EBITOBIAL. 



Brief Newsy Notes. 



Bald Eagle's Egg. — -Mr. Snowdon How- 

 laml, Newport, R. I., reports receiving 

 from his collector in Florida a single f^^^;;^ 

 of the Bald Eagle. It was taken from one 

 of those immense Yellow Pines common 

 in the South. The nest was sixty feet np 

 with few limbs to assist the climber. The 

 nest was four feet by three feet and con- 

 tained but one egg, which the collector 

 took not caring to repeat the climb. 



Nuttall's Works. — The copy of Nuttall 

 advertised in our columns with William 

 Darlington's autograph has been been sold 

 to A. F. Park, Troy, N. Y. 



John J. Audubon's copy with marginal 

 notes and autograph ; also autograjih of 

 his son John W. Audubon, is in oiu- library, 

 also the copy formerly owned by J. J. 

 Thomas, one of the Editors of the Coun- 

 try Gentleman. 



We would be pleased to place on record 

 the whereabouts of any' of the rare old 

 works on ornithology, as well as portraits 

 of the same. 



"CuBious Nesting Places." — My atten- 

 tion was recently called to a Blue Jay's 

 nest which is built in the lattice work to 

 the front veranda of Mrs. E. Wheeler's 

 residence. Poquetannoc. Conn. The nest 

 is built in the usual manner, within six 

 feet of the front door, and at the time of 

 my visit, Jime 10th, contained two young 



birds. The front door was open and small 

 children were at play in and out of the 

 house, and on the veranda. Yet during 

 my stay the old birds came several times 

 to feed and nestle the young without show- 

 ing much fear. This is such an unusual 

 I^lace for a Blue Jay to build it seems to 

 be worthy of record. — G. R. C, Norwich. 



Golden Eagle's Nest. — A boy found a 

 nest of tlie Golden Eagle about April 1st. 

 I went to it and could look into the nest 

 from the bluff. It was in a large tree, but 

 I could not possibly get to it, and so I shot 

 the female, and a fine specimen it is. I 

 could not get a shot at the male as he was 

 too shy. I am told that he has now got 

 another mate and are at work nesting again. 

 They have bred for eight years in that 

 locality. I will interview the jjarties fur- 

 ther. — Chas. A. Allen, Nicasio, Cal. 



Eakly Finds. — March 19th Jimius A. 

 Brand, of this city, called on us with a set 

 of two Barred Owls' eggs, perfectly fresh. 

 The nest was in a large hollow chestnut, 

 some thirty feet high. This is a very early 

 record. The eggs were brought to us fresh 

 from the nest and unblown. Mr. Brand 

 also found on the same date a Great-horned 

 Owl's nest in an immense White Pine tree, 

 about fifty feet up. The nest contained 

 two young about one week old. Mr. B. 

 had harried this pair for three years in 

 succession, but was always too late. Each 

 season he found them with young. 



OiTE Country.— March 29th Harold Gil- 

 bert, Saint John, N. B., wrote: "Song 

 Sparrows arrived on the 6th, and are the 

 only migrants that I have yet seen. Our 

 season is very backward, there being on an 

 average from two to three feet of snow in 

 our woods." April 5th — seven days later, 

 Edgar A. Small, Hag.irstown, Md., wrote : 

 " Spring is here at last in good earnest, the 

 Peach, Apricot, &c., being in full bloom 

 and the Elms and Maples are out. Purple 

 Martins, Chipping Sparrows, etc., are here 

 in full force. " Birds of rapid flight can 

 certainly take their choice of temperature. 



