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I may say in conclusion though Ar- 

 senical Ptomaine may form in skins pi"e- 

 pared with pure arsenic tliere is not 

 nearly the danger, as with the soap, 

 but it is as Mayuard says: "Arsenic 

 and grease are generally a blood poi- 

 son." 



Harry B. Sargent. 



Interesting Notes from Oregon- 



I send you a few extracts* of my '91 

 "notes thinking perhaps they might pos- 

 bibly be interesting to some of the read- 

 ers of the OOLOGIST. 



April 5th. Found a Stellor's Jay's 

 nest completed. The l)ird began laying 

 the 14th and April 20th took a set of 5 

 eggs. Nest made of sticks, twigs and 

 moss, lined with rootlets, measured 9 

 Inches across and 6 inches high on out- 

 side, 3i in. X 2 in. inside; and placed on 

 a limb of a fir tree about 16 ft. high; 

 eggs pale, greenish, spotted, rather 

 thickly at larger ends; average size 1.23x- 

 S3. 



April 19th. Took a set of 14 eggs of 

 Mong(dian or King Pheasant. 



The nest was in a field of thick "Oak 

 Grubs" placed under an oak grub, made 

 of leaves in hollow in ground, measures 

 8 in. across and 3 in. deep. Eggs were 

 a brownish cream witli a faint green 

 tinge, average size 1.56 x 1.32. 



The Pheasant's note or "crow" con- 

 sists of two syllables uttered with a 

 harsher voice than our domestic cock 

 and resembles er er; immediately after 

 crowing they flap their wings making a 

 noise like the Ruffed Grouse. 



I set thret! eggs and succeeded at the 

 end of 22 days in hatching one little 

 Pheasant looking verj' mu<;h like a 

 brown leghorn chick. 



The little fellow done well and follow- 

 ed the hen, but ))ersisted in going 

 ahead; in three days it required a lively 

 pace to catch him, but one morning 

 nothing was to be seen of it. 



May nth. Took a set of 13 fresh 



eggs of Mongolian Pheasant. Nest in 

 same field and under an oak giub the 

 same as the other, eggs pale, greenish, 

 cream, a few spotted sparinglj- with 

 olive, average size 1.66 x 1.23. 



May 12th. Took a set of 7 fresh eggs 

 of the Oregon Rutied Grouse. The nest, 

 unlike most nests of this species, was 

 not concealed or at least did not seem 

 so, as it was placed between two fir sap- 

 lings in plain sight 10 or 12 ft. away; it 

 was hollow in ground, lined wifh leav- 

 es. 



Eggs cream, three l^eing spotted verj- 

 sparingly with light brown, average 

 size 1.60 X 1.24 



June 14th. Found a nest of Mongo- 

 lian Pheasant; it was a hollow in a tus- 

 sock of timothy containing one egg lay- 

 ing on bare ground; there was not any 

 moi'e next day, and its a puzzler to me 

 to know how that egg got there. Can 

 anyone make a suggestion? 



The following receipt I have used for 

 tiie last year successfully for removing 

 stains, although may not be new to 

 manj' I hope it will to a few: 



Cover the eggs 18 or 24 hours with 

 butter-milk, too long will spoil them; 

 care should be taken to wash the eggs 

 thoroughly, immediately after taking 

 them out of the butter-milk. 



AUTIIUR L. Pol'E, 

 Yamhill Co., Oregon. 



Where is the Southern Breeding Limit of the 

 Robin? 



I would like to iiear from anj' reader 

 of the 0<>LO(ii.sT who has in his collec- 

 tion eggs of the Rol)in (M. rnigratoria) 

 taken in either of following states: 



Georgia, Alabanui or Mi.ssi.ssippi. Or 

 in Arkansas or Indian Territory, near 

 or south of latitude 35 o . Also along 

 the southern border of Tennessee. Am 

 trjing to find the southern breeding 

 limit of this bird in tlus Missi.ssipi)i Val- 

 ley. 



Would like especially to hear from 



