THE OOLOGIST. 



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On the 21st of May last, I found a 

 nest with 4 eggs, the usual number, 

 nearly fresh. It was in a new field, on 

 low ground near a spring. The nest 

 was neatly tucked into a reeess between 

 the roots of a chestnut stump; well 

 hooded over, so that the bird seemed to 

 "enter through a large hole in the side, a 

 tuft of grass screening the entrance. It 

 was composed mostlj' of dried grasses, 

 very fine and feathery, a few dried 

 leaves, intermixed with the outside, the 

 iining mostly of horse hair. Tiie tine 

 ^vhite eggs specked with reddish l)rown, 

 look more like those of the Titmice and 

 Warljlers, than like those of the Wren 

 famil}'. Though the eggs of tliat family 

 vary greatly. 



Let me here tack on a little note 

 along with Mr. Posson in j'our last 

 issue, on the Chewiuk in Orleans Co., 

 N. Y., and around Buffalo. I used to 

 regard it a verj' rare bird in your Co., 

 and believe with the above writer, that 

 the south shore of Lake Ontario must 

 be about the northern limit of its hab- 

 itat. It is true, however, that it is quite 

 common in the immediate vicinity of 

 Buffalo, as stated by Mr. Bergtold. 



In like manner, I used to find the 

 Brown Thrush very conmiou around 

 Buffalo, while it was not at all common 

 in Orleans Co., N. Y. This species, 

 however, extends its habitat much far- 

 ther north. I found it common on 

 Manitoulin Island and in tlie LaCioch 

 Mountains, just soutli of Lake Super- 

 ior. 



J. H. Lanoillk. 



A Trip to Smith's Island. 



On the morning of May 21, '1»1, I left 

 "Cobb's Island, Va., witli two friends at 

 6:30, and sailed down to Smitli's Island 

 in order to get a few specimens of the 

 Great Blue Heron. Smith's Island is 

 •about 20 miles down the coast, but the 

 way we had to go was fully 30 miles. 

 We had a head wind all the way, and it 



was 11:15 when wc arrived at our desti- 

 nation. 



As soon as we landed the Fish Hawks 

 commenced flj'ing around us, scream- 

 ing all the time. There wore lots of 

 their nests al)out, but I never saw an}' 

 thing to equal those of the Great Blue 

 Heron. 



Some trees had as manj' as five in 

 them. I tried to climb to some, but as 

 I had no "irons" with me, I had to give 

 up the job. The trees were tall dead 

 pines, with no bark and as smooth as a 

 telegraph pole. 



I know a great many of the nests con- 

 tained young, because there were lots 

 of egg shells on tlie ground, and when 

 the old l)irds would Hy over, high in the 

 air, the young ones would stand up in 

 the nest and stick their heads out to- 

 ward th6m . 



I expect to go to Col)b's Island again 

 next May, when I hojie to be more suc- 

 cessful in the egging line. 



Wm. N. Fisher, 

 Baltimore, Md. 



More about the Iowa Eagles- 



About two (la3-s after receiving my 

 February 0(.)L0GIST, I was told that an 

 Eagle had been caught and was on exhi- 

 hibition in Chas.Trizainski's bar1)er shop 

 window. I started at once for the bar- 

 ber shop and upon arriving there I saw 

 one of the largest Golden P^agles that 

 "grow," and which measui'cd six feet, 

 six inches from tip to tip. 



It measured about two feet in length. 

 Its ])lumage was veiy ragged I)ut stilly 

 showed its l)eauty. It was of a beauti- 

 ful gold color on the head and dark all 

 over the body; two light s])ots on the 

 wing, tail light, legs very strong ond 

 feathered to toes, color yellow, 1)111 l)lue 

 black and very large. It seemed to 

 take kindly to ca])tr,ity and has liecome 

 tame. It can be fed from the hand and 

 does not care at all if any person pets 

 or strokes it, provided you do not touch 



