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Oological Notes. 



nearly 

 hatched 



Red-winged Blackb'd, 



Ches'nt-sid. Warbler, 



Field Spr-Ujow, '' 23 (•! egg? fresh. 



IIow far South of this point has the 

 Chestnut-sided Warbler beeu found rest- 

 ing? James Croft, Waterhury^Conn. 



[This species breeds regularly iu 

 Massachusetts and New York. Its breed- 

 ing range is Northerly. — ed.] 



fT^HE notice of a correspopdent in a late 

 number, stating that he had procured 25 

 eggs from one pair of Yellow Shafted 

 Flickers recalls to my mind an incident 

 that occurred last season, the account of 

 which is elaborated from notes in my 

 field book. While out collecting I was 

 shown a hole from Avliich my informant 

 stated he had procured 7 eggs of colaptus 

 auratus. As the bird flew out on our ap- 

 proach, my curiosity impelled me to as- 

 cend the tree, when I found in the cavity 7 

 more, of which I appropriated ii\e. On 

 returning a week later I found the hole 

 had beeu deepened, and five eggs lay at 

 the bottom, all of which I left. The next 

 morning all were gone, they having prob- 

 ably been apropriated by some other col- 

 lector. Two days after, a couple of eggs 

 lay in the hole, one of which I took, and 

 continued taking one for five successive 

 mornings, leaving one each time as 

 an incentive to the bird. On visiting the 

 hole after an absence of five days, yet an- 

 other five had been laid. These I left in- 

 tending to get a set of six, but the next day 

 all were gone. With unexampled persever- 

 ance, the poor bird laid another five, in 

 as many days, of which your hard-hearted 

 correspondent was hard-hearted enough to 

 take three ; but next day the laying ceased, 

 and I suffered her to hatch the 

 two eggs left her, which she succesfiiUy 

 acomplished. This presents an aggregate of 

 •3-3 eggs, taken from one hole, and in all 

 probability from one pair of birds. 



G. S. Smith. 



\\7"HILE out collecting a few years ago, 

 ' 'in passing tiirough an orchard, 1 no- 

 iced a nest of the King bird, Tijrannns 

 carolinensis, in the top of one of the trees. 

 On getting up to the nest I found it had 

 but two eggs in it. One of the eggs was 

 of the usual size and shape, while 

 the other was only about one quarter the 

 size of the common one, but was perfect in 

 every respect. I of course took it, as it 

 was by no means common here, succeeded 

 in blowing it, and have it still in my pos- 

 session. Is this a very common occur- 

 rence? A friend of mine succeeded in ob- 

 taining a similar egg of the Ked-headed 

 Wood-pecker, but broke it' while trying 

 to blow it. 



S. R. Ingeksoll. 



^INCE printing the article on the Marsh 

 Hawk in our last number, we have seen 

 one or two beautifully marked sets of eggs 

 of this bird, showing that they are fre- 

 quently spotted. It might be well to state 

 also that tiiis species often lays five eggs. 



A LBINOS— About the middle of July 

 a white bird was seen in this vicinity, 

 in compan}' with a flock of House Spar- 

 rows. Finally it was caught by a friend 

 of mine, but it was quite sick, and after 

 being confined several days it died. It 

 was given to me, and, with much trouble 

 and difficulty, I made a skin of it. It 

 measures six and one-fourth inches in 

 length, and had pink eyes. It is all 

 white with the exception of the wings and 

 tail, which are of a light cream color. I 

 have shown the bird to many Taxider- 

 mists of Cleveland, but none have been 

 able to indentify it as yet. It has the 

 appearance of a Flycatcher but its tail 

 is most too short. I have lately seen an 

 Albino house sparrow, but have not been 

 able to secure it. Its wings and part of 

 the body is pure white. I should like to 

 know if the White-rumpod shrike, is 

 found in my vicinity? I live 7 miles 

 east of Cleveland, and about two miles 

 from Lake I]rie. 



A. W. AValavorth. 



