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hole, between heaven and earth, not know- 

 ing what had happened, you can imagine 

 my feelings. Just as I was in absolute 

 despair, I saw a stone tied to a thin cord 

 swing down in front of me. I clutched at 

 it with ecstasy and nearly fell over the 

 edge in my eagerness. Tying the end of 

 my rope to the cord, I gave a pull and 

 away it went up the cliff again. After 

 due time I gave a pull on the rope, and 

 finding it taut, I swung myself out of that 

 infernal hole and was drawn up to the top 

 rejoicing, with my precious egg still in my 

 bosom." — New Tork Tribune. 



Camping Out. 



June 27 of the present year found my 

 camp established on a small brook in the 

 northerly part of Hillsboro County, N.H. 

 I had arrived in the forenoon, with Mr. 

 D. B. Bartlett of Manchester, in search of 

 new specimens for my collection and new 

 items for my note-book. The rest of our 

 first day we spent in camp splitting fire- 

 wood, and thinking of what a fine time we 

 would have on the morrow with the birds, 

 but we were doomed to be disappointed 

 for it rained all the rest of the week except 

 one day. 



We returned home on the afternoon of 

 July 2d with our enthusiasm slightly damp- 

 ened, but having enjoyed ourselves im- 

 mensely. 



Although it rained so much, we observed 

 quite a number of birds, of which the fol- 

 lowing is, I think, a full and correct list : 



Ruffed Grouse, very common. 

 Mourning Dove, one individual seen. 

 Sharp-shinned Hawk, one pair. 

 Broad-winged Hawk, one pair. 

 Great Horned Owl, three observed. 

 Black-billed Cuckoo, common. 

 Whippoorwill, common. 

 Niglilhawk, common. 

 Chimne}' Swift, two were observed. 

 Kingbird, several pairs noticed. 

 Phoebe, two pairs nesting under bridges. 

 Wood Pewee, one individual. 



Least Flycatcher, fairly common. 



Blue Jay, pair with four young. 



Crow, common. 



Grassfinch, common. 



Savanna Sparrow, several. 



White-throated Sparrow, one individual. 



Chipping Sparrow, a single pair. 



Field Sparrow, but three noted. 



Song Sparrow, tolerably common. 



Towhee, several heard. 



Rose-breasted Grosbeak, two males. 



Indigo Bunting, one pair observed on the 

 way to camp. 



Scarlet Tanager, two pairs observed. The 

 males sang near our camp every morn- 

 ing just before sunrise and every evening 

 just after sunset. I have never in this 

 locality heard the male utter a series of 

 notes while the sun was shining as I 

 have the Tanagers in Iowa. 



Purple Martin, several were observed fly- 

 ing about during the rains. 



Barn Swallow, fairly common. 



Red-eyed Vireo, tolerably common in the 

 hard-wood forests. 



Yellow Warbler, one pair seen by the 

 brook. 



Chestnut-sided Warbler, a few noted. 



Black-poll Warbler, I thought I caught a 

 glimpse of a male through the brush but 

 could not get a shot. 



Prairie Warbler, quite common. 



Ovenbird, a few noticed. 



Catbird, pair were breeding. 



Brown Thrasher, saw one individual. 



Wood Thrush, very common. At times 

 the only sign of bird life we would have 

 would be the song of this species. 



In all we observed thirty-six varieties. 



Arthur .1/. Farmer. 

 Amoskeag, N.H. 



Bird Notes of Northern New 

 Jersey. 



Scarlet Tanagers were unusually abun- 

 dant this spring. Several pairs bred in the 

 locality of Ridgewood. They were un- 

 usually tame. I frequently saw them on 

 low bushes by the roadside in their gor- 

 geous dress. A pair of Flickers ( Colaptes 

 aurat/is) excavated and built in a tele- 

 graph pole both last year and this year, 

 on a very public highway and very near 



