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pole ami taken to the Zoological Garden, where it was erected in a new 

 location, the managers hoping all would remain there. 



Early the next morning after the birds were transferred an unusual 

 commotion was noticed about the box by the keepers in the garden. The 

 martins seemed to be holding a consultation and calling the roll in their 

 own manner. Then they grouped about the box and there was a lot of 

 chattering among them as though they were deciding some question of 

 great moment. After this the entire colony of old birds, leaving the 

 young in the box to care for themselves, rose in the air and flew awav. 

 There was consternation in the "Zoo" and it was decided that the at- 

 tempt at removal had been a failure. 



An hour after the birds had left Philadelphia there was a commotion 

 on the Hoopes lawn. A large colony of martins were gathered there 

 and they were chattering at a great rate. Occasionally another bird 

 would join the assemblage. Finally all the birds rose and disappeared 

 in a flock. Before noon there was happiness at the "Zoo." The mar- 

 tins had returned to their home and the colony was augmented by many 

 new arrivals. The birds had returned for the ones which had escaped 

 from their homes in the box the night before and had escorted them to 

 their young. The birds are now located in the Garden and making their 

 home their as though it were their original place of abode, and there is 

 joy in the hearts of the managers. 



The above is a clipping from a Philadelphia paper, sent by Mr. Frank 

 L. Burns, and is of great interest in showing that wild birds can be 

 transplanted. — [Ed. 



LOUISlA^M WATER THRUSH BREEDING IN CHESTER 

 COUNTY, PENN. 



While searching for the nest of a Worm-eating Warbler in a large and 

 rather solitary woods not far from Berwyn, on June ist. in company with 

 Dr. W. E. Hughes, the notes of a bird unfamiliar to us both rang wildly 

 from above the fern-lined banks of a small stream. Guessing its identity, 

 I returned on the 3rd and spent from high noon until dark searching for 

 its nest, wading the several branches of this little trout creek, until wet, 

 bruised and tired I stumbled out of the gloom and tangle of the woods 

 without the proof absolute of the breeding of the Louisiana Water 

 Thrush within the borders of Chester countv— ///<" )iisl . Yet there can 



