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with blue iiud unspotted. Oiu' hist 

 Hawk's nest w;is that of the Red- 

 shouldered in un oUl hendock about 60 

 feet high. It e(>utained three eggs, two 

 of which were dirty wliite, bh)tched 

 wKh faint reddish brown ehit^tly at the 

 larger end. The other was dirty white, 

 very faintly marked with reddish- 

 In'own spots at the larger end; we sliot 

 the old Ijird. We also got two more 

 Crow's nests, each containing five eggs. 



M. ANU C, 



Winds(n' Co., Vt. 



The Pileated Woodpecker in Mahoning 

 Co., 0. 



On Ma}' 10th, while a companion and 

 myself were pa.ssiug through a large 

 ))iece of timber about one mile from 

 Poland, this county, my companion 

 had occasion t(j discharge his gun. 



Immediately after the discharge, I 

 noticed a female Pileatetl Woodpecker 

 fly from the opposite side of a dead 

 hickory near by. 



After further investigation', I saw a 

 hole in the .stub of a large limb aljout 

 fifty feet up, and chips at foot of tree. 



As I had no climbers, I concluded to 

 attempt to climb the tree without, al- 

 though there was not a single limb 

 between the grcjuuil and tlu; excava- 

 tion. 



1 had rtiached a height of alioul thir- 

 ty feet, when i concluded that I was 

 unequal to the task anil reluctantly 

 ilesceudeil to the ground. 



After hioking at the hole for .><>me 

 time, I noticed a small beech standing 

 about ten feet from the hickory reach- 

 ing to, and bej-oiid the excavation. 



I ascended this and after remaining 

 percheti for some time looking wist- 

 fully at the nest, which, altliough so 

 lUiar was yet so far, 1 cut a limb with a 

 hook on tin? end and found ihat l)y 

 hooking this around a linili on tlie 

 hickory ami pulling with both hands, I 

 coidd ben«l the beech over until I (;ould 



nearly reach the nest, but this was of 

 no avail as my hands were both in 

 use . 



I tiually concluded to borrow a rope 

 which I did, and after fastening one 

 end to the hickory, I wrapped the 

 other end around a limb on the l)eech, 

 auil after considerable difficulty, suc- 

 ceeded in pulling it over until it 

 touched the hickory. 



After Working for .some time with a 

 knife, I succeeded in reaching the bot- 

 tom of the excavation and to my great 

 di.sgust withdrew an egg with the head 

 and bill of u bird protruding. I re- 

 turned this and found that the nest 

 contained one bird just out and another 

 egg which was bad — not I'otten, Init one 

 of those instances in which the con- 

 tents remain clear, and comparative!}- 

 Inofl'en.sive to the smell. 



It is a fairl}- good specimen, pure 

 gl<»ssy white and measures about 1.30 x 

 M. 



The excavation Avas lb inches in 

 depth and Ijetween 4 and .5 inches in 

 diameter at the entrance. 



The eggs were placed on chips at the 

 bottom of the excavation. 



This bird is very rare here, many 

 perstms never having seen one. 



If any other person has taken eggs of 

 this spe(;ies in this county would like to 

 hear from them. 



W. H. Olney, 

 ^Mahoning Co., Ohio. 



A Shower of Birds. 



'J'here was a great destruction of 

 liirds in Cedar Kapids Saturday night, 

 May 17th, between !) and 10 o'clock. 



There was a severe rain-storm, dur 

 insj; which the liinls came down in hun- 



dreds. Most of them were Ijirds that 

 ilo not nest around hen; and are not at 

 all common. 



Sevei'al taxidermists who reside in 

 the city succeeded in getting a tine lot 

 of spe<-imens. 



