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All members of this family can be easily kept in confine- 

 ment, the Long-tailed Tit being the most troublesome in this 

 respect. 



BALD EAGLES' NEST AT LEWISTOWN RESERVOIR. 



BY G. C. FISHER. 



Early in March of last year there appeared in the local 

 newspapers of Western Ohio statements regarding an eagles' 

 nest which had been constructed at the Lewistown Reservoir. 

 Following is a verbatim excerpt from one of these articles : 



"A sight which has not been witnessed in Ohio for years is 

 now being viewed by duck hunters on the Lewistown Reser- 

 voir. On Crane Island of that fishing resort two large-sized 

 bald eagles have during the winter erected their nest in the 

 top of two tall oaks. The birds are beautiful specimens and 

 many hunters have endeavored to bring one or both to earth. 

 The nest appears from the ground to be fully twenty feet 

 square and from ten to fifteen feet in depth." 



Our attention was thus turned to this point of interest, and 

 regardless of the evident exaggeration and inaccuracy, we 

 were anxious to see the object of this press comment. 



The Lewistown Reservoir is located in Logan County, 

 Ohio, and is near the T. and O. C. Railroad, about eighteen 

 miles east of Wapakoneta. It belongs to the State of Ohio, 

 and was originally constructed as a feeder for the Miami and 

 Erie Canal. It covers 7,200 acres, or nearly twelve square 

 miles, and is now a famous resort for duck hunters, fishermen, 

 and camping parties. In the Fish and Game Laws, it is 

 known as "Indian Lake," although Indian Lake is, in reality, 

 only a small part of the Lewistown Reservoir. 



Arriving at the Reservoir on the afternoon of March 26, 

 1906, we were greatly disappointed to find that the ice had 

 not yet gone ofif "The Pond." It was too rotten to walk upon 

 with safety, and yet not a hole in sight, even with a good field 



