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THE OOLOGIST. 



bird's nest," for I could tell by its size 

 it was nothing else. 



I stood for a minute staring at it and 

 scarcely dared to move for fear of los- 

 ing sight of the nest, for this was the 

 first one that I had seen in situation. 

 Then there was a whirr and buzz and 

 I saw a Hummingbird pass the nest 

 and alight on a dry twig on the oppo- 

 site side. I immediately identified the 

 the Ruby-throated^ummingbird. 



The nest was saddled on a drooping 

 brancii of a burr-oak tree, six or seven 

 feet out from the trunk and eighteen 

 feet from the ground. The diameter of 

 the trunk at the base was about ten or 

 eleven inches and consequently was 

 not hard to climb. 



By standing on a limb six feet below 

 the one containing the nest I could 

 reach one of its smaller limbs and grad- 

 ually drew it downward toward me un- 

 til I could look in the nest. Imag- 

 ine my delight when I saw its two pure 

 white eggs which were neai'ly fresh as 

 was afterward proven. The nest was 

 very tightly glued upon the branch and 

 I do not believe any ordinai-y storm 

 could have dislodged it. It was com 

 posed eniirely of cotton from the Cot- 

 tonwood tree ( poplars) except one small 

 yellow feather and covered on the out- 

 side and top '-f rim with lichens thus 

 making it simulate an irregular growth 

 of wood. 



After carefully removing the nest I 

 descended the tree and packed both 

 nest and eggs safely in my collecting 

 box. After bidding the sorrowful pa 

 rents adieu I retraced my steps home 

 ward. And arriving there without fur- 

 ther adventure immediately measured 

 the nest and give its correct size here: 

 .75 in. in depth and .875 in. in diameter 

 inside and 1.13 in. in depth by 1.75 in. 

 in diameter outside. I consider this 

 one of my best finds of the past season. 

 Edw. W. Springer, 

 Owatonna, Minn. 



Refugio, Texas, March 31, 1899. 

 Errata:— In looking over my notes 

 on "Refugio Co., Raptores," in current 

 issue of OOLOGiST. I find that your 

 printer made a slight blunder which I 

 will thank you to correct. The anno- 

 tation under head of "Duck Hawk" 

 should be under head of Falco columbar- 

 is. Pigeon Hawk, which in the printed 

 list is entirely omitted. Concerning 

 Duck Hawk, I simply state that it arriv- 

 es and departs about the same dates as 

 do the ducks. Not seen in summer. 

 James J. Carroll. 



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