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or not, and has no use for them when 

 they are dead, except to show what 

 he thinks is doing a good service in 

 ridding the community of them. When 

 they start to smell they are thrown 

 away). Red-tail Hawks are the most 

 plentiful but all the common kinds 

 are there. There are a good many 

 Pish Hawks (Ospreys) along the river, 

 and there are a couple of big trees on 

 the edge that are favorite resting 

 places and they alight into them when 

 they come down the river. 



The Ruby-throated Hummer 



In the April 1918 Oologist it was 

 quite interesting to note the report of 

 Two Ruby-throated Hummers' nests 

 being placed on the same branch; as 

 some years ago I had the same experi- 

 ence but as the nests were not photo- 

 graphed 1 had never reported it to any 

 bird publication, feeling some doubt 

 about those with knowledge of the 

 Hummer's habits crediting such a re- 

 port without the proof beyond ques- 

 tion. In the case observed by me the 

 same branch was used for two suc- 

 cessive seasons and two young were 

 reared each year. The first nest was 

 seen May 2, 1900 and on that date 

 contained one fresh egg, on May 17th 

 two young. The second nest was first 

 noticed on May 20th, 1901 and con- 

 tained two young nearly ready to 

 leave nest. The site was a small 

 maple located in an old pine field, 

 both nests were well made and the old 

 nest was well preserved though flat- 

 tened. The new nest being located 

 three inches nearer the body of the 

 tree than old nest. 



G. G. Reeves, 

 Winston Salem, N. C. 



ten years has been spent watching 

 them with their nest building and fam- 

 ily cares. In this time many interest- 

 ing things have been observed even 

 among our common door yard birds, 

 only two of which I shall mention. 

 Both were unusual in my observa- 

 tions On May 20, 1914 a Woodthrush 

 was seen feeding four young in a nest 

 far out on a large white oak limb 

 about 15 feet from the ground. Again 

 on July 4th of the same year while 

 passing this site I noticed a wood 

 thrush sitting close on the same nest 

 which seemed not to have even been 

 add to and on July 14th there were 

 four unfeathered young in the nest. 

 Again near this same place April 12, 

 1917 (early for young birds) a Robin 

 was noticed feeding three young that 

 could raise their heads above the top 

 of nest and were seen on the ground 

 nearby ten days later being fed by 

 the parent birds, then to my surprise 

 on May 18th while passing this nest 

 it was noticed that it was occupied 

 by a Robin again, (May 30, 1917). 

 There were four nearly fledged young 

 in ths nest. I have never before 

 known the Woodthrush or Robin to 

 use the same nest twice. It would be 

 of interest to know if others have 

 known these birds to use the same 

 nest for two broods. 



G. G. Reeves, 

 Winston Salem, N. C. 



Nesting Birds 



Nesting time is by far the most in- 

 teresting period for bird students and 

 much of my spare time for the past 



The I. O. U. 



(International Oologists Union) 

 This Union is being established for 

 the purpose of mutual assistance to 

 Oologists in all parts of the world, 

 especially in regard to the sale and 

 exchange of specimens. 



The names and address of members, 

 as they join, will be published in a 

 Monthly Bulletin which will be post- 

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