THE OOLOGIST. 



147 



ing the .singular beauty of tlie Osprej-. 

 \Vhei'ever it is, soaring aloft, covering 

 its eggs or young, or perched on the 

 top of some lofty tree, it is still the 

 same handsome bird, and anj'one who 

 has spent any time bj" the seashore or 

 ou the banks of our large rivers, will 

 al\va3's remember with a mixed feeling 

 T)f admiration and pity, our most beau- 

 tiful of predaceous biri^, the American 

 Osprey. 



Kdwakd Fuller. 

 Norwich, Conn. 



Nesting of the Chestnut-backed Chickadee. 



The oggs of the (Chestnut-backed 

 Chickadee, like the Pine Siskin and 

 \V right's Flycatcher, (on which I have 

 previously written) are quite rare. 



This bird is not distributed over so 

 \iiuch territory as the other two species 

 therefore their eggs must be of more 

 Value to the collector, than either 

 Spinus pinns or Ernj^idonax obiicurus. 

 ^Their value, however, is not given in 

 "'The Oologist Checking List" of 18!)0.) 

 On May 27, '89, I took a set of iive eggs, 

 \t being my first set of this chickadee. 

 It was situated in a snag, five feet up, 

 the excavation being one foot deep. I 

 also found a fresh set of seven eggs of 

 Parus rufexcens on May 3d, this season. 



This.ncst was in an alder stump three 

 feet from the ground, composed of 

 uicss, hair, avooI and a few feathers, 

 felted together. 



The eggs resumble those of the Com- 

 mon Chickadee or the Oregon Chicka- 

 tlee in a general way, but average 

 larger in size and the markings are 

 larger also, with an inclination to form 

 a wreath near the larger end. 



There can be no mistake as to tiie 

 identity, "for in the lirst instance the 

 birds were observed carrying building 

 material to the nest, and in the second, 

 the female was caught; then, too, the 

 Chestnut-backed and Oregon Chicka- 

 flee's notes (as well as their plumage) 

 tliflfer very much. I also observed an- 



otlier i)air digging in a tall snag ou 

 April 17, '91, but upon visiting it again 

 later on, found they had disappeared. 

 Clyde L. Kellkk, 

 Salem, Oregon. 



Owl's Tenacity of Life- 



I see in the January Oologist in an 

 article by Mr. Joel A. Harrington of 

 Hutte, Mont., that he wonders much at 

 the great tenacity of life in a Great 

 Horned Owl. 



Now the solution is sini])ly this: In 

 all birds there, is a communication be- 

 tween the lungs and the large bones, 

 and the wing being l)roken when the 

 strap was placed around his neck the 

 bird obtained his supply of air through 

 his broken wing. 



How Avise is Nature in her provisions 

 for her creatures! 



A. V. Thompson, 



Decorah, la. 



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