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May 5th — 1-4 Tufted Titmouse in 

 post 4 feet up; 1-4 Painted Bunting in 

 thorn tree 3 feet up; 1-3 Lark Spar- 

 row on ground; 1-4 Grasshopper Spar- 

 row on Prairie; 1-4 Mocking bird in 

 bush 4 feet up; 3 Krider's Hawk in 

 elm 15 feet up; 1-4 Cassin's Sparrow 

 unusually late in this locality; nest 

 on rocky hill side on ground. They 

 lay early here. 



May 13th — 1-4 Grasshopper Spar- 

 row on Prairie; 1-5 Dickcissel in 

 hedge; 1-4 Mocking bird in hedge; 

 1-4 Bell's Vireo in hedge; 1-1 Road- 

 runner in low tree 5 feet up. 



May 16th — 1-4 Lark Sparrow on 

 ground; 1-4 Scissor Tail Flycatcher; 

 1-4, 1-5 Dickcissel in weeds. 



May 17th — 1-4, 2-4, Dickcissel; 1-3 

 Lark Sparrow; 1-2 Mourning Dove; 

 1-4 Bell's Vireo; 1-3 Bell's Vireo & 

 Cowbird; 1-3 Bell's Vireo in a hedge; 

 1-4 Red-winged Black Bird in tall 

 grass near creek. Saw 3 Bobolinks, 

 rare. 



May 23d— 1-4, 2-4, 1-5, 2-5, Dick- 

 cissel in weeds; 1-4 Bell's Vireo in 

 hedge; 1-5 Orchard Oriole in Mosquite 

 tree; 1-3 Lark Sparrow on ground; 

 1-5, 1-4 Scissor Tailed Flycatcher in 

 Mosquite tree. 



June 7th — 1-4, 2-4 Bell's Vireo in 

 hedge; 1-4, 2-4 Lark Sparrow on 

 ground; 1-5 Grasshopper Sparrow on 

 ground; 1-4 Painted Bunting in hedge; 

 1-4, 2-4, 3-4, 4-4, 1-3 Dickcissel in 

 hedge; plentiful this year. 



June 27th — Nest and one young of 

 Black Chinned Hummer on small limb 

 in tree near River. Only data 1 have 

 for these Hummers in this County; 

 rare location also. 



third egg was laid and the bird began 

 to set on the day I took them. I have 

 never before or since seen a set with 

 three. The most common number is 

 five here but I have also seen set of 

 four, six and seven, the latter being 

 extremely rare. The three eggs in the 

 set measure 1.06 x. 79; 1.07 x. 81; 1.05 

 X .81 inches. 



Ralph R. Wilson. 



Nest of the Least Bittern. 



Both Chapman and Reed state that 

 this bird builds its nest in the rushes 

 in a pond, swamp or marshal or in a 

 low bush. In this section of the coun- 

 try I have never found the nest in such 

 a location, although I have hunted for 

 nests in sloughs and ponds. Every 

 nest which I have seen was in a tree, 

 all the way from five to fifteen feet 

 from the ground. The location was 

 Ivariably by the water, and the nest 

 was but a slight platform of twigs. 

 The nests were either in dense crab 

 apple tree or trees overrun with wild 

 grape vines. I would like to hear 

 from some one who has seen nests in 

 such positions as the above authors 

 cite. Ralph R. Wilson. 



A Set of Bronzed Crackle. 

 I have a set of 511b 1-3 in my col- 

 lection which was taken May 8, 1914. 

 Is not this a small number for a full 

 set? 1 waited three days after the 



Wanted, Information. 



In the March OOLOGIST, pages 81-2 

 is an article entitled "Egg Prepara- 

 tion." This article was forwarded to 

 us by one of our valued contributors, 

 but in some way the name got de- 

 tached from the article. 



With the article also came a letter 

 and two sets of most beautifully pre- 

 pared eggs; one set of White-bellied 

 Nuthatch and one of the Meadowlark, 

 being prepared as well as any eggs we 

 have ever seen anywhere. The letter 

 and data acocmpanying these eggs as 

 well as the name of the writer has 

 been lost, and we would appreciate it 

 if the writer would communicate with 

 the Editor. 



