Dec, 1882.] 



AND OOLOGIST. 



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Brief Newsy Notes. 



Common Dove. — C. A. Tlioinpsou, Mel- 

 rose, Conn., shot a common dove that was 

 feeding with the fowls, Feb, 20, 1882. 

 About the same time a specimen was 

 brought to our oflSce dead. An M. D. had 

 picked it up in a snow drift while driving 

 his rounds. The cold was severe. 



S. F. R.\THBONE of Auburn, N. Y., has 

 been making a visit among his Eastern 

 friends, and we had the jileasure of his 

 company for a few hours in our home sanc- 

 tum. 



Chipping Sp.\reows Nest. — I found a 

 Chippie's nest on the top of a post about 

 twenty feet from the ground. A beam 

 rested on the edge and a couple of strips 

 were nailed on either side and a l)oard pro- 

 jected over them, making a sort of box. 

 The nest was built like any other Chippie's 

 and about half finished when foimd. — 

 J'hilo W. Smith, St. LouL% Mo. 



Golden Eagle's Nest. — I went to a nest of 

 Aqidla chrystetH.t caiiade/i.sis about April 

 1st. I could look into the nest and see 

 the eggs from the bluff. It was in a large 

 tree and could not possiljly reach it. I 

 shot the female, and a fine one it is : could 

 not get a shot at the male. Was told that 

 he has another mate and already at work 

 again, (April 15th.) One of my neighbors 

 near the nest states that they have bnilt 

 there for eight years. A boy found tlie 

 nest and informed me of it. Will go and 

 interview them again. — C. A. allien, Cal. 



W.\TER Ousel .\nd C.\s.\d.\ Jay. — Oct. 16, 

 I shot a Water Ousel which was sporting 

 in an open place in the ice on a small lake 

 near Hancock, Colorado. This is the sec- 

 ond one I liave ever seen in this country. 

 It was very late in tlie season for birds, as 

 the snow had been on the ground for over 

 two weeks and was snowing at the time. 

 The Canada Jays have become so tame 

 about camp that they will come and take 

 bread out of my hand, sometimes alight- 

 ing on my arm to do so. — I). I). Stuiie. 



Crows and Jays. — J. M. W., while out in 

 the woods at Norwich, Ct., saw two crows 

 eating a nest of Jays' eggs. Dog eat dog. 

 Swamp Sparrow. — In the O. and O. for 

 June, 1882, W. P. Tarrant of Saratoga, N. 

 Y., says that the latest he has ever taken 

 the eggs of this bird was on June 15th. 

 July 17, 1882, in the town of Livonia, N. 

 Y., I took a set of four. There was also 

 one ^gg of the Cow Bird in the nest. The 

 eggs were badly incubated. One parent 

 was taken, so the identification is positive. 

 ~V. II. Wilder, Syracuse, JST. Y. 



Albino Crow. — J. M. W. reports seeing 

 an Albino Crow at Norwich, Ct., with 

 brown or dralj liody and both wings wliite. 

 Cow Birds. — Edgar A. Small wrote Ajji-il 

 5th : The Cow Birds are mating. I was 

 watching them this morning in the yard. 

 There were two females and one male, and 

 the females flew after the male and seemed 

 to make all the advances. 



Correction. — In No. 22, Page 171, 

 ■■ IVint.'y/tt'.-i" should have been signed Chas. 

 Edw. Prior, Jewett City, Conn. — Page 174 

 " Commmi Crows" and " Iluiriminfj Birds" 

 should have been signed M. B. Griffing, 

 Shelter Island, N. Y. U. A. S. should be 

 Edgar A. Small, Hagerstown, Md. 



Wanted to Know why J. M. W. don't 

 tell lis about that Marsh Hawk's nest with 

 seven well marked eggs, and other Hawks? 

 Why birds that take thirty days to incu- 

 bate only breed once, while those incuba- 

 ting in three weeks breed twice, and those 

 incubating in two weeks or less breed two 

 to four times? 



Why the Red-headed Woodpecker bred 

 in Conn, and Long Island the past year ? 

 AVliat has become of Captain Ben dire? 

 by many of our readers. After reaching 

 Fort Klamah, Caj)tain Beudire wrote : It 

 is the loveliest place in Summer that I have 

 seen in twenty-seven years' travel, and it 

 certainly nuist be a grand place for both 

 the sportsman and the naturalist. From 

 report. I had made up my mind that it 

 must be a beautiful place, but I had no idea 



