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species are " ticked off " and set apart as unattainable by many 

 collectors. But there are just a few big collections that contain 

 such eggs, and it would be good to have them described and placed 

 on record . 



Colonel R. N. Stewart left England last month on his way to 

 the Montanas region of the Upper Amazon. He is making rather 

 a long journey to get there, and will cross Canada and proceed down 

 the West Coast, crossing Peru to get to bis destination. We look 

 for some interesting results from his projected stay in a region 

 that is very rich in bird-life. 



A cock Wood Warbler has taken up several positions this year 

 quite near our house, but never, so far as we have been able to 

 ascertain, has he been joined by a female. He would appear 

 to be doomed to bachelor existence ! 



Some years ago we reported a case in which a box was hardly 

 vacated by a brood of Great Tits before it was again tenanted. 

 The same thing has again happened in our garden this j'ear and 

 in the same box. Unfortunately, I did not note the dates, bi:t 

 / ktiow the first brood vacated on Sunday, May 27th, and it was 

 on the following Thursday or Friday that I peeped in and saw 

 three fresh eggs in a new lining, my attention being drawn to the 

 fact by the bird flying out. 



The Redstart will sit, it appears, as " tightly " as a Robin. 

 We passed one quite closely almost every morning, eye to eye, 

 and it never flew out, but, just before the young were fledged, 

 we spent a large part of a Sunday afternoon trying to get a snapshot 

 of anxious parents at the nest-box, all to no purpose. Unfor- 

 tunately we had no " property cow " or bush in which to hide. 



Dr. Glover Allen, in response to an enquiry made by us, says 

 that Sable Island is much more inaccessible than appears on the 

 map. About the only way of going there is from Halifax, through 

 the kind offices of the Canadian Lighthouse Service. A friend 

 of his made the trip, but for botanical purposes. Dr. Allen was 

 kind enough to add a few words of appreciation and encouragement 

 apropos the " Record." 



