THE OOLOaiST 



55 



On January 5th during a trip to the 

 extreme end of Back Bay,, Princess 

 Anne County, Virginia, I saw quite a 

 large flock of White-bellied Swallows 

 flying around over the marsh. This 

 late date for them seems remarkable 

 owing to having had several quite 

 hard freezes; and all insect life must 

 have vanished some time previous. 



On January 27th, 1915, Mrs. J. H. 

 Lostairs of Philadelphia, Pa., shooting 

 from the Currituck Shooting Club of 

 N. C, killed in Currituck County, X. 

 C. one European Widgeon. I inspect- 

 ed this bird which was a male. 



On January 28th, 1915, Mr. Augus- 

 tine Meyer of Norfolk, Va., shooting 

 from the Pocohontas Club, Va., killed 

 in Princess Anne County, Va., one 

 Jiluropean Widgeon. I inspected this 

 bird which was a male. 



H. H. Bailey. 

 Newport News, Va. 



Taking Hawks' Eggs. 



The most of the Hawks are admit- 

 tedly beneficial; far more so than is 

 realized by most persons. We trust 

 that our readers interested in making 

 oological collections this spring will 

 be real bird men and not egg hogs. 



The eggs of the Broad-wing, Coop- 

 er's, Sharp-shinned and Goshawk may 

 be taken without objection whenever 

 found, and in whatever number procur- 

 able. The eggs of the other hawks 

 should not be taken except for legi- 

 timate collecting purposes, either for 

 the cabinet of the collector or for ex- 

 change purposes, and in most instances 

 there is no exchange demand for the 

 eggs of our ordinary hawks, such as 

 the Red-shoulder, Red-tail, Swainson, 

 and the like. There are more of those 

 now in existence than there is demand 

 for. 



In your spring collecting, be real 

 bird lovers not egg hogs. — The Editor. 



Egg Notes. 



Now is the time to arrange the 

 duplicates for future exchanges. 

 There is no use of exchanging unless 

 it can be done in a way that both 

 parties are satisfied, and the only way 

 that will be is when each party to 

 the trade treats the other in exactly 

 the way that he expects and wants 

 the other party to treat him. 



There has never been a time with- 

 in our recollection that there were so 

 many collections of real value on 

 the market. Eggs seem to be a 

 drug and very rare ones are offered 

 very cheap where the whole or a 

 major part of the collection can be 

 disposed of. 



Bird Notes. 

 Turkey Vulture, rare. 

 Black Vulture, common. 

 Kingfisher, few. 

 Killdeer, common. 

 Red-winged Black Bird, few. 

 Veriol, few. 



Mocking Bird, very common. 

 Blue Jay, very common. 

 Robin, few. 

 Titmouse, few. 

 Flicker, common. 

 Cardinal common. 

 Brown Thrush, common. 

 Wood Thrush, rare. 

 Crow, common. 

 Blue Bird, common. 

 Cat Bird, rare. 

 It was a goldfinch. 



Boyd Taylor. 

 Cairo, Ga. 



A Black-crowned Night Heron re- 

 cently lit amongst the trees in a very 

 thickly settled portion of Galesburg, 

 111. Result it stayed all day and the 

 anxious ladies of the neighborhood 

 are wondering if it was not a "Stork" 

 spying out for future visits. 



