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The diameter of the insidt! <»f the nest 

 was about eight inches ami the (U'pth 

 about one and a half inches. 



J. Wauken J'acobs. 

 Pittsburgli, Pa. 



Some Unusual Happenings. 



On the last da}' of April, several 

 years ago, as I was passing a small 

 piece of white oak timber, I saw in a 

 fork of one of the trees about thirty 

 feet up, a Crow sitting on her nest. I 

 concluded to see what the nest con- 

 tained. On reaching it I found five 

 eggs which proved to be fresh. After 

 I had taken them out I noticed quite a 

 Ijunch in the bottom of the nest. I re- 

 moved the lining and there found an- 

 (jther Crow's egg. The single egg was 

 in a well lined nest, another lining was 

 placed over it and the five eggs laid. 



May 16, ISSi, I found five eggs of the 

 Bluebird in an old Golden-winged 

 Woodpecker's n'.'st in the trunk of an 

 apple tree abor.t two inches in diameter 

 and onlj' five feet from the ground. 

 The nest was lined in the usr.al man- 

 ner with soft grasses and some featliers 

 and also contained one egg of the 

 (Tolden-winged Woodpecker. I took 

 the Bluel'irds' eggs and left the Wood- 

 peckers', but did not disturb the nest. 

 On visiting the ue.st again, the 18th, the 

 female flew from the nest. On looking 

 into it I saw there were two eggs. On 

 the 20th, I again went to the nest, but 

 some boy had torn away one side of the 

 tree and taken the eggs. 



May 1(5, 1885, I shot a pair of Golden- 

 winged Woodpeckers, for mounting, 

 from a decayed maple in our gr(jve, 

 where a brood was raised the j'car 

 before. Another i)air were at work on 

 an oak a few rods awaj'. Evidently 

 they had a hard task for they had been 

 working a long time, but had not com- 

 pleted their uest. 



On the 18th, I noticed this second 

 pair on the tree on which the old birds 

 were shot. While watehine; tliem one 



of the pair went into the old bird's nest 

 and soon came out with an egg on its 

 bill and flew away. 



]\Iay 28th, these birds had laid six- 

 eggs and on the 2nd of June there were 

 eight eggs in the nest. 



Last year I ff)und some Hawks' nests 

 Avith incomplete sets. I left them for a 

 feAV daj's. On going to them with the 

 expectation of finding full sets, I found 

 they were empty. 



This 3'ear I concluded to try an ex- 

 periment if a chance offered. 



April 14th, found a Red-shouldered 

 Hawk's nest in the fork of a white 

 maple about . thirty feet from the 

 ground, with two eggs in it. The next 

 day went to it again and found tlsere 

 were three eggs. 



I took two liens' eggs with me about 

 the size of Hawks' eggs and spotted in 

 a careless way, with reddish brown. 

 There was not much resmblauce to the 

 original i ggs. I put the two into the 

 nest and took out the Hawks' eggs. 



A week lafer visited the nest again 

 and found the old bird on. On climb- 

 ing to the nest found the two hens' 

 eggs still tliere and tliat she had laid 

 another. 



April 17th, found a Broad-winged 

 Hawk's nest with one egg. Swapped a 

 hen's egg witli her two days later, put 

 in another hen's egg and took another 

 Hawk's egg. A few days later Avent 

 again to the nest, but someone had rob- 

 bed it. However, hj the exchange bus- 

 iness I secured a nice set of two. 



E. G. Elliot, 

 Bradford, Mass. 



A Collecting Trip at Pewaukee, Wisconsin. 



A few ilays since, I went over tu 

 Pewaukee in tliis countj', and in com- 

 pany with a friend took an afternoon 

 trip acro.ss the big marsh at that place. 



While on the waj- to the marsh, we 

 found a Flicker's nest containing a set 

 of six fresh eggs. The uest was in a 

 living oak trie and instead of haAjdng 



