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to that made by a large fly or a bee. 



We have four species of tiger beetles 

 in this part of Ontario, Ciiiitdi/la vul- 

 garis being the most common. This 

 species has been met with as far west 

 \ as the Kocky Mountains. It is a large 

 beetle with light-brown colored wing- 

 covers, with angular lines of a yellow 

 or a dingy-white running in from the 

 edges. Its under sides — like all the 

 rest of the genera of Ontario — is of a 

 metallic green color. 



Cicindclla pttipiirca is a bright green 

 species, although there is also a variety 

 which is slightly purple. This is a 

 very handsome beetle. It has mark- 

 ings similar to those of the preceeding 

 species; sometimes only with cream 

 colored spots on the margins of the 

 elytra. I have met with beetles of 

 this species in the woods, usually on 

 top of a large boulder in an opening 

 where the sun could shine on them. 

 On one occasion, I captured one on a 

 boulder, which was devouring a small 

 dipterous insect. I felt the stone with 

 my fingers and it was almost like put- 

 ting your hands on top of a hot stove, 

 from the heat of the sun. It is also 

 met with on dry dusty roads. 



Cicindclla Iiisticollis, or as it is 

 called, the hairy-necked tiger beetle, 

 is slightly smaller but almost identical 

 in color and markings with C. vul- 

 garis. This species is not quite so 

 common as the two preceeding. 



Cicindclla scx-gnttata is also a very 

 handsome insect. It is of a bright 

 green color with si.\ golden spots. 

 This species is rare compared with the 

 others. 



Another specie?, Cicindella gciierosa 

 occurs withm the boundaries of this 

 province; but I have never met with 

 any in this locality, nor have I seen 

 any in the collections of any of my 

 friend.s. 



\V. J. \Vl.\TEM13ERG, 



Washington, Ontario, Can. 



DAVIE'S -'Nests ami Eggs." Seu our ail- 

 veniseiiieut in ;uiolber L-oiuain We have a 

 new supply .-lod o.in lill oiileis dii a moments 

 notice. \\ F. WEBB, Mgr . AU.ion, N. Y. 



Variations of Nesting Sites. 



Quite a while ago I noticed in the 

 MusEiM an article on the Chimney 

 Swift nesting in trees and the e.xtreme 

 rarity of their actually using chimneys 

 as a nesting site. The note was I be- 

 lieve from New York. A short time 

 ago I also noticed in Popular Science 

 News an article from Connecticut on 

 the ground as being an unusual nest- 

 ing site for the Mourning Dove. I 

 presume that the environments in N. 

 Y. and Connecticut are quite different 

 from Indiana, for here both occur- 

 rences are quite common. In fact, I 

 have never found C. Pclagica nesting 

 in trees in this vicinity while within a 

 radius of five miles I know of a score 

 or more chimneys which furnish shelter 

 for their nests. Generally these are 

 the chimneys of dilapidated, unused 

 buildings but the chimney of one of 

 the city churches became such a fav- 

 orite site that it was quite a nuisance. 

 The country around here is well wood- 

 ed with natural forests and why they 

 should not nest in trees here as well 

 as anywhere else, I cannot say. 



As to Zcnaidura L. in aero ura, they 

 nest evcrywiiere. They are extremely 

 abundant in this locality and I have 

 found them on their nests every month 

 but November, December, January 

 and February. I have taken their 

 nests in forest trees, — quite high up 

 from the ground — in spple orchards— 

 which appear to be their favorite loc- 

 ality — in hedges, on fences and quite 

 often on the ground. Of their ground 

 nests perhaps the majority are placed 

 in stubble fields. I have, however, 

 found their two eggs on the bare 

 ground of a corn field and also in the 

 rank grass. 



Strangely opposite to this is the fact 

 that, although the ground is often giv- 

 en as a favorite, and, indeed, the gen- 

 eral nesting site of the Brown Thrash- 

 er, they do not appear to make use of 

 it here. I have taken several nests 

 from brush heaps but have never seen 

 it placed directly on the ground. Its 

 lavorite resort seems to be some low, 



