THE OOLOGIST. 



18T 



composed of fine rootlets and other lib- 

 ers, making a very pretty nest. 



The complement was complete, there 

 being five perfectly fresh eggs of uni- 

 form size and color. 

 • I took a set of two from the tree ad- 

 joining May 24th last year. I think it 

 was probably the same pair that l)uilt 

 both. 



Upon opening the stomach of the 

 dead female, I found that it was filled 

 to its utmost capacity with husks of a 

 certain seed. 



She had probably made a breakfast 

 of the seeds, and the husks being soak- 

 ed with the juices of the stomach, be- 

 came swelled, which caused death, by 

 clogging up the passage way from the 

 stomach. 



Geo. G. Mokrison, 



Fox Lake, Wis. 



Erratta- 

 In Rev. J. H. Langille's article in the 

 Carolina Wren in Aug. Oologisl where 

 the number of eggs were mentioned 

 as " 4 " it should have been 6. 



A Request- 



I am preparing to study and make 

 records of the spring and fall migra- 

 tions of the birds in that portion of the 

 coimtry that is bounded by a line com- 

 mencing at the western extremity of 

 Florida, curving a little to the Avest,and 

 terminating at Lake Erie and the west- 

 ern end of New York; thence, down 

 Lakes Erie and Ontario and the St. 

 Lawrence River to the Atlantic Ocean. 

 In doing so, it will l)e necessary to have 

 obseiwers at dift'ereut places through- 

 out the aljove defined territory. I now 

 have them at the following places: 

 Milford, N. H.; Amlicr.st, Mass.; Paw- 

 tucket, R. I.; and Medina, N. Y. I 

 have written to a number of gentlemen 

 in all sections, but a good many failed 

 to answer my letters, and some were 

 otherwise emijloyed so that they could 

 not assist me; and 1 take this method of 

 .securing a sufiicient numljcr of ol)serv- 

 ers in all ])ortions of that section. 



I would like an obsei-ver at each of 

 the localities named l)i-low, where none 

 are now, and without which the work 

 would be verj' incomplete. 



Two wanted in Florida— one at the 



.southern part, one at the nortlieru; one 

 in central part of Georgia; one in cen- 

 tral part of South Carolina; one each in 

 Virginia, W. Virginia, Delaware, Mary- 

 land and New Jersey; one in western 

 part of Penn.sylvania; one in northern 

 part of Vermont; two in Maine; one in 

 the more eastern ])art and one as far 

 north as can ]>e had; one in New Bruns- 

 wick; and, one in tliat portion of Que- 

 l)ec which is on the southeastern side of 

 the St. Lawrence River. 



I will have l)lanks printed out so that 

 the number of species and birds of each 

 species can l)c recorded as seen every 

 day. These, I will send around to each 

 observer. 



I hope to receive at least one com- 

 munication from each of the above 

 mentioned places. 



J. W. P. Smithwick, 

 Sans Souci, N. C. 

 P. S. When you write, please let me 

 know exact latitude of your place, i. e. 

 in degrees aud minutes. 



World Fair Notes. 



Commissioner Capt. G. P. Cotton, 

 who is now at San Pedro Sula, Hon- 

 duras, stirring up interest in the 

 World's Fair, has secured a collection 

 of over 400 varieties of birds, some of 

 which are quite unknown to the outside 

 world, which will be exhibited with 

 other products of Honduras. The ex- 

 traordinary collection of butterflies and 

 insects will not be far l^ehind, and ar- 

 rangements have been made to forward 

 a fine selection of orchids to Chicago 

 at an earlj' date, so that they may bo 

 growing and blooming there in 1893- 



The Very Reverend Doctor Peralto, 

 Bishoj) of Panama, has tendered for ex- 

 hibition at the World's Fair his vevj re- 

 markable historical and ethnological 

 collection which has been for some 

 years in a museum connected with the 

 bishop's palace. It is one of the most 

 supurlj private collections of antiquities 

 in the world, including ancient gold 

 and silver oi-nanients, vessels aud ob- 

 jects of worship e.xiiuuKMl from the 

 tombs of the extinct race that once in- 

 haliited Columbia, rai'e vases, pottery 

 aii<l eartiienware, rare ornaments, ves- 

 sels ond mi.s.sals that date back to the 

 time of the conqiu'.st, pa])er and manu- 

 .scripts, aud various others articles of 

 historical interest. The otTer has been 

 accejjted and the collection will l)e 

 shown at Chicago. 



