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THE OOLOGIST. 



about four and one-half im-hes; l)ivadt h, 

 three and three-fourths inches; deptli, 

 two inches. Eggs, four in number, 

 greenish-blue, specked with reddish- 

 brown and lilac gray— size, about .90 x 

 .65." , ^,. 



[Although the breeding ot the Olive- 

 backed Thrush is one of the rarest oc- 

 currences in this locality, who will say 

 that the above accurate ilescriptions are 

 not coincident with that ThrushV] — 

 Assoc. El). 



F. W. Cook, of Minneapolis, Minn, 

 reports the capture of a King Rail iu^ 

 Hennepin Co., on the 27th of April; a 

 rather northern locality for that bird. 

 It was a female in the best of plumage. 



Victor Alice, Paola, Kansas Avrltes us 

 of a "red-bird"(cardinal)nesting iu some 

 vines in a porch. He securetl a set of eggs 

 from the nest and wishes to know if it 

 is not uncommon •for them to nest so 

 near habitations. 



Evening Grosbeaks were not uncom- 

 num in Western New York tluring the 

 past winter. One or more specimens 

 were taken by each of tlie following 

 gentlemen: George. Guelf, Brockport; 

 K. Wilkins, Albion; John Rittenburg, 

 (iaines. 



L. A. Dockerey, Clinton, Miss., writes 

 us that he has taken thirty-two eggs of 

 the Broad-winged and Florida Red- 

 shouldered Hawks this year between 

 the dates of February Soth and March 

 10th. He also found two nests of the 

 Carrion Crow, and a nest of the 

 Meadowlark which contained two eggs 

 of the Lark and one of the Bob-White. 

 Two of the Meadowlark's eggs had 

 been rolled out, and one broken by the 

 Bob-White, as he inferred. 



. Glenn Levings, Potsdam, N. Y., 

 fcmud a nest of the Red-shouldered 

 Hawk last spring containing six eggs, 

 a very large set. 



— o — 

 Protection. 



Having read Mr. Leslie's article on 

 "Bird Protection" in the May OoLO- 

 GIST, I fully agree with him in the mat- 

 ter. I am but a boy collector, but I try 

 to study bii-ds, eggs and nests, sole ntiti- 



cally. I think that if such a society ;is 

 he mentions should be formed, our 

 ■'native birds" would increse instead of 

 diminish in numbers. 1 also think that 

 a gauH^ law such as he mentions should 

 be made and enforced, and that eveiy 

 officer to whom a certain district is 

 given should know all the scientific cij- 

 lectors of that district. I think that if 

 we, who are studying scieutitically, 

 could get up such a society as men- 

 tioned, it would in a great measure 

 stop "nest roljljiug." Let us hear from 

 more on this important suljject. 



HowAKD G. Phelps, 

 Cazenovia, N. Y. 



NESTiN(i Excavations used Moke 

 THAN Once. 



In reply to the (juery of P. 

 H. H. in last OoLOGiST, I would say 

 that I known of instances where the 

 Flicker and Bluebird have had their 

 nests in the same tree for thi-ee success- 

 ive years, raising two broods each year. 



H. F. M., 

 Quechee, Vt. 



No (jueries or articles reaching us 

 later than the 20th of the month, can 

 expect to receive attention in the fol- 

 lowing issue. 



Another Handy Contrivance. 



Seeing articles now and then ou dif- 

 ferent methods of collecting eggs, I 

 thought I might add something that 

 would be new to some of the I'eaders, 

 viz.: 



I have a light pole tifteen feet long, 

 made of cedar, with an attachment on 

 the extreme end for holding a small 

 hand mirror and with this, one can 

 look into the majority of nests without 

 going to the trouble of climbing the 

 tree to see if the set of eggs is com- 

 plete or not. 



I have used this very successfully 

 during seasons '88 and '89 and intend 

 to do so this coming season. 



Clyde L. Kellek, 

 Marion Co., Oreg(Ui. 



