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THE OOLOOI8T 



ord's Miscellany Page over a dozen 

 years ago and it mentioned a nest be- 

 ing found at Upsal and I think con- 

 taining eggs. Who the writer was or 

 anything else regarding the paper I 

 cannot remember but would very much 

 like to know as the Veery is an ex- 

 tremely rare breeder anywhere in 

 southeastern Pennsylvania and partic- 

 ularly so in this county. 



Richard F. Miller. 



A Queer Set of Cedar Waxwing. 



On August 12, 1914, while looking 

 for nests with a friend, I saw one ten 

 feet out on the limb of a white oak 

 tree and about twenty feet up. It was 

 made of grass and I took it to be a 

 Waxwing's nest, but on climbing up 

 and examining it I found eggs re- 

 sembling those of Red-winged Black- 

 birds. I was sure it was a Waxwing's 

 nest but to make certain I came down 

 and my friend and I watched the nest 

 from a distance. Soon a bird flew into 

 the tree and after hopping around a 

 bit, settled on the nest. It was a Wax- 

 wing. 



The nest was rather bulky and built 

 entirely of grass. The eggs were of 

 normal size. All of them had the 

 ground color of Red-winged Black- 

 bird's eggs but three were plain and 

 the other two had black scrawls and 

 markings near the larger end. One of 

 these resembled a question mark. The 

 nest and eggs are now in my collec- 

 tion. 



Colin Campbell Sanborn. 

 Highland Park, 111. 



Birds of an Iowa Village. 

 Eldora Iowa is a town of about 3,000 

 inhabitants, situated in the central 

 part of the state. I had occasion to 

 visit a friend there on May 15, 1914, 

 and while I had no opportunity to ob- 

 serve birds afield, I was surprised at 

 what I saw in the village. 



One pair of Blue Jays had a nest in 

 a tree near my friend's house, and a 

 pair of Robins were nesting in another 

 tree near by. Mourning Doves were 

 to be seen everywhere, and Red Head- 

 ed Woodpeckers were particularly 

 abundant. Baltimore Orioles, Chip- 

 ping and English Sparrows, House 

 Wrens, Catbirds, Red Shafted Flickers 

 were to be seen. A pair of Rose- 

 breasted Grosbeaks were evidently 

 preparing to nest in the shrubbery 

 near the house. On the outskirts of 

 the town the Western Meadow Larks 

 and Brown Thrashes were abundant. 



Here is a list of the birds I saw in 

 the village during my day's stay: Rose 

 Breasted Grosbeak, Blue Jay, Balti- 

 more Oriole, House Wren, Robin, Cat- 

 bird, Chipping Sparrow, English Spar- 

 row, Mourning Dove, Red Headed 

 Woodpecker, Red Shafted Flicker, 

 Western Meadow Lark, Brown Thrush. 

 John Lewis Childs. 



The Killdeer. 



The Killdeer has interested me for 

 some time. Although I have known 

 the bird since I was a small boy, and 

 have frequently found them inhabit- 

 ing plowed fields during the nesting 

 season, it has only been in recent 

 years that I looked upon my first nest. 



June 2, 1908, a farmer residing some 

 two miles west of town reported he 

 had found a Killdeer's nest contain- 

 ing three eggs. On the morning of the 

 day following I went to the field where 

 he was hoeing young corn and he 

 showed me where to find the nest. It 

 was simply a slight depresison beside 

 a hill of corn and was lined with bits 

 of stone. The three eggs it held were 

 far advanced in incubation. Both 

 birds watched me from a distance but 

 did not come near 



June 4, 1909, a farmer telephoned 

 me that he had found a nest and four 

 eggs of the Killdeer in his corn field. 



