THE YOUNG OOLOGIST. 



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Rhode Island Jottings. 



Dear Sir : — Enclosed you will find some 

 notes on collecting, taken from my note 

 book, which were made in the vicinity of 

 Providence. They are large sets, and I 

 thought they might interest the readers of 

 The Young Oologist. 



Robin; May 20th, 1884, a set of five 

 fresh eggs, nest built on side of a stone 

 wall in a pasture. 



Catbird ; .June .5th, 1883, brought me a 

 nest and five eggs, nest in a lilac bush, this 

 will answer ' ' Hawks " querry in the March 

 Young Oologist. 



Bluebird ; April 30th, 1884, set of six, 

 nest in a post ; May 2d, 1884, six eggs, 

 nest iu a hole in an apple tree ; May 14th, 

 1884, took a nest and six eggs out of a 

 piece of drain pipe setting on end, on a 

 shelf in a shed ; .Tune 7th, 1884, six, one 

 very small. 



Purple ilartin ; .July .5fh, 1883, I col- 

 lected sets of four, and one nice set of five, 

 fresh. 



Barn Swallow ; .June 10th, 1882, I found 

 a set of six. 



White-bellied Swallow ; June 5th, 1882, 

 a set of six fresh eggs, nest in a hole of a 

 maple tree. 



Bank Swallow ; .June 8th, 1882, sets of 

 six. 



I{ed-eyed Vireo ; .June 10th, 1882, I col- 

 lected a set of five eggs, nest in a maple 

 tree over a road. 



Goldfinch ; Aug. 7th, 1884, brought me 

 a nest and six eggs, perfectly fresh, nest in 

 a maple by side of road. 



Red-winged Blackbird ; May 2oth, 1883, 

 sets of four and onl}' one of five. 



Baltimore Oriole ; .June 6th, 1684, I 

 found a nest of six, nest suspended from 

 an orchard tree. 



Purple Grackle ; May 8th, 1882, I found 

 a set of six ; May 15th, 1882, six, and May 

 7th. 1884, a nest and six, nests in spruce 

 trees, birds breeding in community. 



Crow ; April 1882, six eggs out a nest in 

 a maple. 



Blue .Jay : May 19th. 1883, I collected a 

 set of five out of a nest in a cedar, and 



May 17th, 1884, a set of four, nest in an 

 apple tree. 



Pewee — Pha-be ; May 12th, 1883, 1 

 found the only set of six I ever saw, nest 

 built on side of stone underpinning under 

 a bridge. 



Least Flycatcher ; May 31, 1884, I col- 

 lected a nest and five eggs of this bird out 

 of a wild cherry tree. 



Yellow-shafted Flicker ; have found 

 surely fifteen sets of eight, and only one of 

 nine during 1883 — 4. 



Black-billed Cuckoo ; .July 4th. 1883, I 

 found a nest containing three eggs, incuba- 

 tion slight, and one young bird. 



Osprey ; May 20th, 1884. I collected a 

 handsome set of four out of a nest built in 

 a dead locust tree, the birds were very 

 fierce, one knocked off my cap ; in the side 

 of this nest a pair of English Sparrows 

 had built, and I obtained five eggs out of 

 this nest. 



Red .shouldered Hawk : April 16th, 1884, 

 1 found a handsome set of four, nest in a 

 maple tree in deep, swampy woods. 



C. E. D., Prov. R. I. 



A Newsy Letter From Texas. 



Editor Tilling Oulogisl: A few notes 

 from the Lone Star State will probably be 

 iu order. The campaign opened on Feb 

 ruary 27th. when I took a fine set of three 

 eggs of the Great Horned Owl. March 2d 

 I took another set of this species that would 

 probably have taken the " cake " for earli- 

 ness if I could have taken it fresh. The 

 nest contained two eggs badly spoiled and 

 one young owl fully half-fledged. Count 

 back and see how early this set could have 

 been taken. March 7th, 11th, 13lh and 

 18th I took sets of an Owl and H;.wk that 

 are new to me. I shot and .skinned a spec- 

 imen of each and will report names as soon 

 as determined. March 21st I took my first 

 set of Blue Jay for the season. On the 

 25th I secured a fine set of Red-bellied 

 Hawk, two eggs ; I also found another 

 nest of the Great Horned Owl. Hunting 

 up my climber. I sent him up the tree. 

 What was found in that nest will liardly 



