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THE OOLOGIST. 



Isle of Pines, Cuba, 



Dec. 18, 1908. 

 Mr. Ernest H. Short, 

 Albion, X. Y. 



Dear Sir: — Having changed my 

 place of residence to the Isle of Pines 

 from Toledo, O., and taking the trip 

 through the everglades and over the 

 keys of Florida, I thought that the 

 birds identified from the train and 

 during stops on the awy would be of 

 interest to you, so I am sending my 

 data. There was a total of 31 species. 

 If you are interested in birds of the 

 Isle of Pine.5. Cuba, you will hear from 

 me later as I intend to do some ex- 

 tensive collecting. There are said to 

 be about 350 different species of birds 

 in Cuba and quite a few are to be 

 found here. Now, I have seen several 

 of the Warblers that we find in the 

 north, such as Maryland Yellow- 

 throat, (Maryland or Northern?), 

 Blackburnian, Magnolia, Louisiana 

 Waterthrush and Water-thrush. 

 Yours truly, 



A. C. READ. 

 McKinley, Isle of Pines, Cuba. 

 (Formerlv of 210-5 Robinwood, Tole- 

 do, Ohio., U. S. A. 



Birds seen on my trip from Toledo, 

 O.. Nov. 29 to Havana, Cuba, Dec. 3. 



Fostoria, O., Nov. 29, about 3 p. m., 

 Sparrow Hawk 



Knoxville, Tenn., Nov. 30, 7:00 a. 

 m.. Crow, Mourning Dove, Robin. 



White Pine, Tenn., 10:00 a. m., 

 Bluebird, White-throated Sparrow, 

 Purjile Martin, Carrion Crow, Turkey 

 Buzzard. Bob-white. 



Ashville, N. C, 12:45, American 

 Goldfinch. 



Columbia, N. C, Dec. 1, 7:00 a. m.. 

 Crow, Meadowlark, Catbird, Mourn- 

 ing Dove. 



Allendale, S. C, Bob-white, Carrion 

 Crow, Crow, Meadowlark, Great Blue 

 Heron. 



Savannah, Ga., 12:00, Meadowlark. 

 Carrion Crow, Bob-white. 



Miami. Fla., 7:35 a. m., Dec. 2, 

 Knights' Key, Fla., 3:15 p. m.. Spar- 

 row Hawk, Crackle, American Bit- 

 tern, Black-billed Cuckoo, Ground 

 Dove, Crow, Carrion Crow, Killdeer. 

 Bob-o-link, Little Blue Heron, Great 

 Blue Heron, Snowy Heron, Belted 

 Kingfisher, Sandhill Crane, Prairie 



Warbler, Black Duck, Sharp-shinned 

 Hawk, Florida Cormorant (5), Great 

 White Heron, Caspian Tern, Ameri- 

 can Brown Pelican (2). 



Havana, Cuba, Dec. 3, Man-o'-War 

 Bird. 



Chicago, Dec. 14, 1908. 

 Ernest H. Short, Rochester, N. Y. 



Dear Sir: — Regarding the clutch of 

 IS eggs which Mr. Miller, of Frank- 

 ford, relates as having found in one 

 nest of the Florida Gallinule, I do not 

 believe this is unusual. These birds 

 are sociable and inclined to breed in 

 small communities. My experience 

 has been extensive regarding this wa- 

 ter fowl, and it is not an unusual oc- 

 currence for two hens to deposit their 

 eggs in the same nest. Several times 

 I have observed one nest containing 

 17 or IS eggs and very frequently 14. 



The fact that Mr. Miller mentions 

 that the eggs varied considerable in 

 size and incubation would tend to 

 show that they were not the product 

 of one bird. 



Even the Rails, including the King, 

 Virginia, and Sora, which are consid- 

 erably different in both size and ap- 

 pearance, have been known to deposit 

 their eggs in each others nest, and I 

 know of one instance wherein a King 

 Rail's nest contained not only the lat- 

 ter's eggs, but several of the Virginia 

 and Carolina Rails eggs were in the 

 same structure. 



GERARD ALAN ABBOTT, 

 Chicago, 111. 



New York State Records. 



Male Redwing seen Dec. 14, in Mon- 

 roe county, by the Editor. 



Thermometer close to zero and sev- 

 eral inches of snow on the ground. 

 Bird not in good condition and seemed 

 weaker when last seen the next morn- 

 ing. 



Flicker seen at same place on same 

 date, and again Jan. 12th, with 8 

 inches snow'. Seemed to 'be doing- 

 nicely. 



Four Tufted Tit reported by Mr. 

 Guelf on shore of Lake Ontario, Mon- 

 roe county, during first week in Jan- 

 uary, '09. Seemed to be resident. 

 This is a noteworthy record. 



Mr. Smith reports Canadian War- 

 bler as having bred in Wyoming coun- 



