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pounding on the loose bark is liable 

 to jar the nest loose and break the 

 eggs. 



It is liable to be some job to get at 

 a nest that is 15 or 20 feet up if the 

 bark is real loose. 



A fine nest and set of 6 in my col- 

 lection that I took in a swamp near 

 here where these birds annually nest 

 or did nest, I had to take from a rope. 

 Simply couldn't get up because of the 

 loose condition of the bark, so was 

 compelled to stretch a rope between 

 two trees and in this way I went out 

 the rope and tied myself onto the rope 

 at the nesting site and secured the out- 

 fit 30 feet from the ground 



R. B. Simpson, 

 Warren, Pa. 



availed to save its life. — The Class- 

 mate. W. A. Strong, San Jose, Cal. 



We have recently been offered a 

 series of 38 skins of the Snowy Owl, 

 recently brought down from the Arctic 

 by a returned explorer. — R. M. B. 



ONE SNOWY OWL SAVED 



Some time ago the "Forest Castle," 

 a whale-backed steamer bound from 

 Liverpool to New York, was crossing 

 the Grand Banks of Newfoundland. 

 The seamen and passengers, always on 

 the lookout at sea, and apprehensive 

 of ice'burgs in this region, caught 

 sight of a white speck moving in the 

 air toward them. As this enlarged 

 they saw that it was a bird which was 

 flying directly toward the ship. In a 

 few moments a great white Own fell 

 upon the deck exhausted. The sailors 

 picked it up, and under their care it 

 revived. 



This bird had evidently taken refuge 

 from a long flight upon an ice-berg up- 

 on which it had been carried too far 

 out to sea to be able to return to the 

 land. But it kept a sharp lookout, and 

 when the smoke from the "Forest 

 Castle" appeared on the eastern 

 horizon it put forth all its strength in 

 a desperate effort to fly to the steamer, 

 realizing, apparently, that this would 

 mean its satety. The Owl was in a 

 half-famished condition and it was 

 barely able to reach the vessel. But 

 its prompt decision and vigorous effort 



THE CHESTNUT-SIDED WARBLER 



The Chestnut-sided Warbler is a 

 common migrant in Northeastern 

 Ohio, but up until the season of 1919, 

 had never found it breeding here. 



I was watching warbler migrants on 

 May lltli in an opening in a large 

 beech wood, a bright sunny morning, 

 when my attention was called to a 

 Chestnut-sided Warbler, that seemed 

 to dislike my presence. Presently he 

 flew to the crotch of a beech bush but 

 a few feet from the ground followed 

 closely by the female with nesting ma- 

 terial in her beak. 



The nest had just been started and 

 on June 8th contained three eggs with 

 one of the cow-birds and were very 

 heavily incubated. 



The female was very tame and left 

 the nest upon my touching her with 

 my hand several times. The male made 

 no disturbance and persistent beating 

 on the nesting bush failed to arouse 

 the female. It would surely never had 

 been found but for the chance obser- 

 vation in early May. 



Later in the season I saw a female 

 feeding young in another wood. As 

 the migration season was cold and 

 rainy, I concluded that as the prime 

 factor in causing them to remain and 

 nest here. 



Lyle De Vern Miller, 

 East Claridon, Ohio. 



CHRISTMAS 



How many of our readers are going 

 to send The Oologist to some likely 

 young boy interested in Birds as a 

 Christmas present? This will be one 

 way of materially adding to our sub- 

 scription list as well as widening the 

 influence of your only Exchange 

 Medium.— R. M. B. 



