Jan. 1891.] 



AND ()()LO(HST. 



fifteen feet." Three eggs, incubation begun. 

 Dull white: one clouded with russet; the 

 other two blotc-lied with burnt umber: 

 2.15x1. 7(): 2.18x1. 7(!; 2.12x1.74. 



Set LXXVI. Aiiril 2-1, 1884. hinisbury, Ct. 

 Collected by .1. & 13. Holoomb. Nest in chests 

 nut twenty feet up. Made of sticks, lined 

 with hemlock leaves and bark. Four eggs, 

 inculmtion slight. Bluish white; two of them 

 si)cckled and spotted with burnt umber; the 

 third spotted with purplish gray and nisset; 

 the fourth clouded with lavender-gr;iy and 

 having one spot of russet: 2.18xl.(il: 

 2.14x1.1.4; 2.12x1.62; 2.1.". x 1.04. 



Set LXXVir. April l(i, 1887 riiiin Hill, 

 Norwich, Ct. Collected by -.1. -M. \\" 

 "From outstanding cheslnul in Hisscll Wil- 

 cox's Woods. <Jray .sipiirrcl went out of nest 

 on rapping the tree. Climbing showed hawks 

 nest on top of sciuirrel's." Three eggs, fresh. 

 Hluish white; two of them sininkled and 

 spotted with chestnut, some of the spots being 

 mere specks: the third spotted with chestnut 

 ill tlie form n{ ao indistimt wrciitli : 2. l"i x 1.7-1 : 

 2.I8X 1.7.": 2.1SX 1.71). 



Am entirely unmnrked egg, such as is ipiite 

 common among those of the r>e<l-t:iiled Hawk 

 {lUili-ri hovfaUs), does not occur in the series 

 They also average smaller th;in eggs of that 

 species. 



As t;i not stained eggs, or those made 

 muiMy :iiiil nlherwise disfigured by the wet 

 feet of till' binls in stormy weather, hardly 

 any of ■■.!. .M. W.'s" eggs are in that condition, 

 and onlv a. fi'W of the other sets. J. I'. .V. 



The Number of Eggs to a Set. 



IJi'low 1 give ISDO's modilications of my ar- 

 ticle in the O. & (). for October 18110, page 14(1, 

 with also (me or two conections. 



Acadian F'ycatcher. Among the sets I took 

 this year was one full set of two, otherwise 

 all were threes. 



Orchard Oriole. Putting this year's exju'ii- 

 ence to that of former years makes me think 

 the set is more often four than five. 



Cardinal. As usual the sets were all time. 

 which is the invariable number here, and also 

 at (Jreensboro, Alabama, according to Dr. 

 Avery. I do not, however, wish to be under- 

 stood as asserting that the .set may not be four 

 elsewhere, as I think birds quite liable to lay 

 miu'eorless eggs to a set in other localities 

 than they do here. 



Summer Tanager. Standard set most pvob- 

 abl.v three in this locality. 



Prairie Warbler. Standard set most jnob- 

 ably four. 



Louisiana Water Thrush. This year miikes 

 four as common a set as five. 



Yellow-throated Warbler. Standard set, 

 four; variation three to four. 



Brown-headed Nuthatch. Owing to the fact 

 that nearly every set of five I have taken has 

 been quite fresh I have been unable to deter- 

 mine to my satisfaction whether five is as com- 

 mon a full set as six. The present state of my 

 knowledge is as follows: the set does not exceed 

 six here, four is sometimes a full set, and five 

 more often than four, and perhaps nearly as 

 comnu.n as six. 



C:irolina Chickadee. In 1888, we took sets of 

 five and six, the former being ratiier more 

 numerous, and one .set of seven; in 1889, sets 

 of five p'redominated, only one set of six being 

 taken; in 1S!)0, •<etsof six predominated largely 

 over sets of five, .and one set of seven was 

 taken. 



Blue-gray (inatcatcher. Sets either four or 

 five, the sets of five being perh ips a litte more 

 numerous early in the season, later on sets of 

 fiuir are much more numerous. 



Wood Thrush, Standard set, four; variation, 

 three to four, not four to five, as I said in my 

 previous article. 



Bluebird. Standard set five; the second 

 laying usually four. ('. S. Ilrindfif. 



Rili-iKll, X. <■. 



Familiar 



New^ England 

 Alabama. 



Birds in 



The following li~t of a few birds taken here 

 from .Inly loth to :31st, last, maybe interesting 

 as adding another locality to the already wide 

 breeding range of some familiar New England 

 birds. 



201. Green Heron. Occurs here at all sea- 

 sons, but most abundantly in winter. 



289. Bobwliite. Always very common. 



:'.17, .Mourning Dove, Piather scarce in 

 summer, but present in immense numbeis 

 from November to April, 



:387. Yellow-billed Cu'ckoo. A conunon 

 breeder. 



:390. Belted Kingfisher. A few here in 

 summer, but most plentiful in winter. 



420. Night Hawk. Rather common, ex- 

 cept from middle of October to early .'Vpril. 



