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aiitl ih it he saw a young Engli.sli Spai-- 

 row just out of tlie nest. An early sea- 

 son is a])i)an'ut . 



Mcnitt Holmes, of New York City, 

 writes us that lie took, last season, in 

 Kan.sa.s a set of two eggs of the Poor 

 Will or Nuttall's Whip-ixior-will. 



There are worse linds than a set of 

 Mallard Eggs. William Turner reports 

 a set of four taken neai- Si. Paul, Minn., 

 last si-ason. 



\ James A. Wood, of Rouse's Point, N. 



Y., would like to have someone inform 

 him as to how to nuike a eabinet for 

 eggs and curios. 



A. L., of Manitowoc Co., Wis., 

 writes: — "In the latter part of June, 

 1889. I found a set of three eggs which 

 are, as far as I have been enabled to 

 identify them, those of the Nighthawk. 

 They were deposited on the bare ground 

 in the midst of a large tract of sandy 

 soil lying close to the lake shore. They 

 so closely resemi)led the surrounding 

 stones an<l rul)bish, that it was through 

 mere chance that I discovered them. 

 No attempt ;it a nest had been made 

 iind the pai cut birds were nowhere to 

 be seen. I carried them home and 

 placed them in my cabinet, hoping to 

 identify them at some future time. But 

 all sets of eggs of the Nighthawk which 

 I have seen, differ in two respects, that 

 of consisting of onlj- two eggs to a .set, 

 and of being more glcs.sj- and smooth 

 than mine. \N ill .some reader of the 

 OOLoGiST i)leasc inform me whatspecies 

 this is, or whether it is only an excep- 

 tional set of the NighthawkV 



^ Ernest E. Lee, Covington, (4a., re- 



])orts an early nest of the C'ooper's 

 Hawk. He found a nest containing 

 yf)nng birds on March 8th. 



Allison iMerritt, \\'ashington, I). ('., 



reports an exceptional set of Flicker's 

 Eggs. The set, wjiich was of nine eggs, 

 contained two small eggs which meas- 

 ured only about I by J in. One of the 

 small eggs was found on the ground at 

 the foot of the tree. 



Frank Harris, of La Crescent, Minn., V 

 reports the following large and early 

 .sets:— 



Feb. 17. Great Horned Owl. Set of 

 four incubated eggs. 



March 18. Great Horned Owl. Sci 

 of three incubated eggs. 



March 18. Barre<lOwl. Set of four 

 eggs. Incubation advanced. 



Fii-st Bluebird of the sea.son was seen 

 March l:.nh. 



Winter Notes from St. Thomas. 



On the 10th of March, Mr. O. Foster 

 of this city, shot two White-winged 

 Cro,ssbills on our grounds, both males. 

 These are the first that have been re- 

 corded in our county. 



Bird life has been quite ai)undant in 

 and around St. Tlumias, the past win- 

 ter. Juncos, Redpolls, Tree Sparrows, 

 Snow Flakes, Woodpeckers of several 

 species and Crows were the most com- 

 mon birds noticed. 



On the 13th of December. 1887, I shot 

 a male Hermit Thrush. I consider it 

 quite uncommon to find a bird like this 

 one so late in the fall. 



Early in January. Mr. B. P. Winte- 

 mute of this city, shot several Snow ^ 

 Flakes and one was only injured on 

 the wing, which soon healed up and , 

 now it appears to be contented with its \ 

 new home. It eats any kind of seed 

 given it and its owner has good faitii 

 that it will remain in good health and 

 spend its summer here when he might 

 gain some knowledge of it, in the 

 l)reeding season. 



F. H. Faklev, V- 



St. Thomas. Ont. 



