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cinity consecutively for several years, 

 and always frequented this particular 

 grove and seemed to feed along the 

 bank of the river at the mouth of the 

 creek, which at that time was free 

 of timber; but they were often and 

 often seen back up the creek in the 

 larger growth and occasionally 

 amongst the thick, heavy small growth 

 surrounding the mouth of the creek. 

 I believe it would be perfectly safe 

 to put the Solitary Sandpiper down as 

 a Marshall County breeder. — Ex. 



MAX KUSCHEL. 



The well-known Oologist, Max Kus- 

 chel of Guhran, Germany, is now num- 

 bered among the dead. He was for 

 long years a subscriber to THE 

 OOLOGIST and a man known through- 

 out Europe for his interest in and 

 knowledge of Oology. He left a col- 

 lection comprising about six thousand 

 specimens of birds' eggs, one half of 

 which have already been sold to the 

 Dresden Museum. In his death, the 

 Oologists of Germany lost a foremost 

 and valued member. 



Ruby Throated Humming Bird. 

 Two Broods from One Xest. 

 At Cannon, Connecticut on June 5, 

 1908, I found in the garden on the 

 lower drooping branch of an apple 

 tree about five feet from the ground, 

 a nest of the Ruby-throated Humming- 

 bird containing two eggs which were 

 hatched on June Sth. I watched them 

 at intervals daily until June ;iOth when 

 the youngsters were about ready to 

 sever their connection with the nest. 



I was then called away for a week, 

 and upon my return on July 6th, I vis- 

 ited the nest, intending to collect it, 

 and was surprised to see the female 

 flying away from it. Upon investi- 

 gation I found it contained one egg. 

 The following day, the second egg; 

 and when I left on the 13th, the fe- 

 male was observed sitting on the nest. 

 I cite this merely as evidence of the 

 fact that they do nest later than the 

 time quoted by Mr. Burrows; also (at 

 least in this instance) rearing two 

 broods, when undisturbed; though per- 

 haps this is unusual. 



Willard L. Metcalf. 



Wilson's Thrush in Ohio. 

 A. C. Read reports a record of the 

 nesting of Wilson's Thrush May 30, 

 1907 at Roseford, a suburb of Toledo. 

 The nest was composed of leaves, 

 bark and stems, lined with grass; 

 placed in a clump of ferns and con- 

 tained one egg. The female was shot 

 for identification 



The Blackburnian Warbler. 

 (Deudroica blackburniae) 



During the latter part of the warb- 

 ler migration in Spring, this beautiful 

 warbler occurs here, (Western Pa.) 

 as a rather common migrant. 



Close observation for the past fif- 

 teen years shows that its arrival de- 

 pends entirely on the weather. If 

 we have an early Spring the Black- 

 burnian is here early with the first of 

 the warblers, but if the season is back- 

 ward, they are late in arriving. 



By looking ui) my dates of arrival, 

 I find that my earliest is May 2d, 

 (1891) and latest, May Ifith, (1907). 



Often during the height of the war- 

 bler migrations in May, we have severe 

 storms with sometimes snow. At such 

 times warblers are often plentiful 

 about shade and ai)ple trees In town 



