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No. 679 Mourning Warbler, 2 speci- 

 mens 9-30-15. 



No. 751 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher, 2 

 specimens 10-7-15. 



Humming Bird nesting 10-7-15. 



No. 722 Winter Wren, 1 specimen 

 10-7-15. 



No. 681 Maryland Yellow-throat, 1 

 specimen 10-10-15. 



No. 567 Slate colored Junco, two 

 specimens 10-11-15. 



No. 758a Olive-backed Thrush, two 

 specimens 10-11-15. 



No. 627 Warbling Vireo, numerous 

 10-11-15. 



No. 670 Kirtland Warbler 10-11-15. 



A few Sparrows could not identify 

 1-11-15. 



No. 676 Louisiana Water-Thrush i 

 specimen 10-12-15. 



No. 775 Pine-woods Sparrow one 

 specimen 10-12-15. 



No. 686 Canadian Warbler, 2 speci- 

 mens 10-12-15. 



No. 622 Loggerhead Shirk, 2 spec- 

 imens 1-12-15. 



No. 646 Orange crowned Warbler, 

 2 specimens 10-12-15. 



No. 656 Phoebe, 2 specimens 1-12- 

 15. 



No. 459 Olive-sided Flycatcher, 1 

 specimen 10-12-15. 

 No. 273 Killdeer, numerous 10-23-15. 



No. 140 Blue Winged Teal Duck, 

 numerous 10-23-15. 



No. 221 American Coot, numerous 

 1-23-15. 



No. 648 Parlua Warbler, 1 speci- 

 men 1-25-15. 



No. 677 Kentucky Warbler, 1 speci- 

 men 10-25 15. 



Nearly all the birds became nu- 

 merous by October 15th and by Oc- 

 tober 20th nearly all had disappeared. 



I have seen no Orioles or Finches 

 this season, they usually are plenti- 

 ful. I have seen two Sparrows, sev- 

 eral Vireos and Warblers and three 

 Juncos not described in any litera- 

 ture I have. 



The Rose-breasted Grosbeak. 



There is only one species of the 

 Grosbeak that comes here, that 1 

 ever have seen and that is the Rose- 

 breasted. A pair of them come here 

 every summer and eat potato bugs. 

 I have wondered if paris green hurts 

 them, but according to my observa- 

 tion they did not seem to mind it. 

 One day I saw a young one in the 

 grass and a Robin was teasing it, 

 but the male Grosbeak came along 

 and put a stop to this. I think the 

 Rose-breasted one of the finest sing- 

 ers we have. They warble so nice. 

 A person can distinguish them easily 

 by their thick yellow bill and the 

 rose colored shield shaped patch on 

 their breast, also by their parrot like 

 movements. The male takes turns 

 with the female in sitting on the 

 green speckled eggs. They like to 

 warble in the twilight. You might 

 think they were away off in the tim- 

 ber and yet they were close by. 



R. B. K., Columbus, Wis. 



Judge John N. Clark. 

 HE KNEW EGGS. 



There has just died at Old Say- 

 brook. Connecticut, one of the most 

 noted ornithologists in the world. His 

 name was John Nathaniel Clark. As 

 a young man, Mr. Clark took a keen 

 interest in birds and he devoted the 

 greater part of his life to the study 

 of the different varieties and their 

 habits. His work in this line gained 

 him a world-wide reputation, and at 

 the time of his death he stood second 

 to none in the United States as an 

 authority on ornithology. 



His collection of eggs of American 

 birds is the most complete individual 

 one known in this country. The col- 

 lection includes a nest with full set 

 of nine eggs of the Black Rail, the 

 only complete set known to be in 

 existenQe, and another nest of seven. 



