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THE OOLOGIST. 



The old birds became rather tame 

 and did not greatly resent my frequent 

 examinations of their family affairs. 



This time they were allowed to raise 

 ^heir young and depart in peace. 



This nest like the tirst one was partly 

 composed of snake skin. As the only 

 other nest which I have seen (one in 

 Ihe Smithsonion Institute collection) 

 also has a snake skin in it, I have won- 

 dered if the Crested Flycatcher did not 

 mingle its distinctive habit with the 

 Blue Grosbeak. 



I have observed the Blue Grosbeak 

 every season since, but have found no 

 more nests. If anyone can give me 

 a.ny further information on the nesting 

 of this bird. I would be pleased to 

 "hear from them. 



A. B. FA.RNHAM, 



Sec. Ornithologists Association. 



Albino Birds. 



In theJFeburary 1890 No. of the 

 OoLOGiST you will find an article from 

 your humble servant entitled, "Albino 

 Blue Jay." That was and is to-day a 

 fine bird although in confinement. 



Now I wish to speak of another Al- 

 bino. When a boy in Wisconsin as far 

 back as 1856 I saw an Albino Swallow 

 ?ind also an Albino Black Bird. I have 

 often spoken of it but people would say 

 ** Impossible, a black bird, cannot be 

 fvhitel" Very well, an old Scotch adage 

 goes "a man's a man for a'l a that" color 

 tsutting no figure whatever. So also 

 With my White Black Bird. 



On October 1st, 1891 I received by 

 mail from Frederick Nordin, of Moun- 

 tain Lake, Minnesota a lovely albino 

 Specimen oi' ' Agelaeus phoeniceus (Red- 

 winged Blackbird). I think- it is a little 

 smaller than average Red-wing, but 

 that it is one there can-be no doubt. 

 Head and neck tinged with the very 

 lightest shade of salmon, bend of wings 

 bright orange with the least tint of red 

 one black feather under right wing (out 



of sight), the balance of the plumage: 

 immaculate white, eyes light pink, bill 

 and legs white or flesh color. Mr. Nor- 

 din wi'ites, "the air was clouded Avith 

 birds when I discovered the Albino, I 

 drew my gun up and fired both barrels, 

 rejoice with me, I got my bird and some- 

 twenty-three black ones. When I re- 

 ceived the bird he had been three days; 

 upon the road and began to get a little; 

 old^ but I have him nicely mounted and' 

 fixed up and he is now one of the chief 

 attractions of my ornithological collec- 

 tion. 



R. D. Goss, 

 New Sharon, Iowa.. 



Nuttall's Poor-Will.. 



Aug. 30, 189T. 



Dear Sir:— On Aug. 13, 1891 while-, 

 hunting for my cows, I flushed a Nut^- 

 tall's Poor-will, and after a close hunt,, 

 it being at dusk, I found the nest, or 

 rahter, there was no nest, eggs being; 

 placed on the bare ground beside a rock, 

 on the eastern slope of a hillside. A 

 latitude 6000 to 6500 feet. One egg was; 

 just hatched and the other was picked. 



The little bird just hatched was cov- 

 ered with down like a young duckling,, 

 returning a week later they were gone.. 



I would like to hear through the< 

 OoLOGiST the experience of others con-- 

 cerning this interesting species. They 

 are quite common here, though this isi 

 my first nest. 



P. L. Jones, 

 Beulah, Colo. 



Notes Wanted on the Tellow Wa^Uer-^ 



I am very much interested in the hab-. 

 its, etc., of No. 93 the Yellow Warbler 

 or Summer Yellow Bird, D^/^f^rojea ces-. 

 tiva and will be very much obj^ged tO) 

 receive notes, etc., from all; alsa n^ra-- 

 tives of peculiar nestings, etc., etc. 



R. G. Fitch, 

 55 N. Union St., Grand Rapids, Mich.. 



