THE OREGON NATURALIST, 
the terpsichorean movements of its house, 
What insect it is the larva of Ido not know, 
probably one of the weevils. How it gets food 
and air I cannot tell as it seems to be shut up 
hard and fest in its woody prison, If you 
make a hole in the seed vessel containing it, it 
hastens to close the opening tightly witha silky 
This Mexican seed capsule and its in- 
It is not aly 
web, 
habitant are certainly cnriosities. 
however, but I believe about one in three of 
these beans that contains a worm, 
Wo. BRINGHURST M. D. 
Philadelphia, Pa 
THREE NOTES FROM YAMHILL 
COUNTY, OREGON. 
A nest of the Varie! Thrush (/esperocichla 
vacvia), containing three incubated eggs, 
was found in the Coast Range mountains 
of this county on the 17th of April last. 
The rest was piaced in a bush a few feet 
above the ground, and in construction re- 
sembled acommonrobins. Theeggs were 
dotted sparingly with light brown. They 
might be described as the size of robin’s, 
and the color of russet-backed thrush’s 
A set of six eggs of Vigor’s Wren( 72rv- 
ah rus bewicki spilurus) was brought to me 
which contained one egg pure white and 
unmarked. The other eggs of the set 
were of normal color. 
On May 27th I took a set of eight fresh 
eggs of Oregon Chicadee (arus atricopill- 
us occidentalis), Thenest was in a cavity 
of arotten alder stump in a much-used 
lane by ourfarm. The entrance tothe nest 
_ was twelve inches above the ground, and 
the nest was six inches above the ground. 
The nest consisted of two layers, the 
bottom one being of dry green moss,and 
the upper one, strings, wool, cotton 
batting and other soft material. 
ARTHUR LAMSON POPE. 
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ANNUAL MEETING OF THE 
NORTHWESTERN 
ORNITHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION. 
The second annual meeting of the 
Northwestern Ornithological Association 
will be held at Portland, Oregon, on De- 
cember the 27th, 1895. All persons in 
the Northwest, _who_are >_interested _in 
Ornithology a are ‘e urgently r requested to 
attend, 
ORNAMENT OR CHARM ? 
ACTUAL SIZE 
This specimen, of which an attempt to fig- 
ure has been made, awakens a new line of 
thought. It is eutirely different from anything 
heretofore found in Oregon (known to the wri- 
ter), and is flaked from yellowish-brown jasper. 
The workmanship is good. The arrow end is 
slightly serrated. The tomahawk end isa per- 
fect representation in minature ofa tomahawk 
with the cutting edge sharp. Its proportions 
are accurate. It was found on the bank of 
Snake river near its junction with the Columbia. 
The shape precludes the theory, that it was 
used for an arrow point, yet itis a perfect arrow 
head joined to a minature tomahawk, 
Is ita charm? Was it used foran ornament ? 
Could it by any possibility have beeu used for 
an arrow head? A.B.A. 
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