THE OREGON NATURALIST. 15 
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LEWIS’S WOODPECKER. 
to get toit was the next question. 
By the side of the stub that the hole was in; 
geew a shorter stub. The top of this was about 
ten feet below the hole, and I thought, if I on- 
ly had a ladder that would reach from one to 
the other I could get the nest. 
Near by was an unoccupied cabin, and I was 
soon fortunate enough to find a light ladder that 
was soon carried to the tree, Then assistance 
was needed to help placeitin position. Seeing 
a boy not far away I asked him to assist me, 
which he gladly did, I then tied a rope to one 
end of the ladder, and with the other end of the 
rope fastened to my waist, ‘‘shinned” the smaller 
stub, pulled the ladder up, dropped one end 
astride the large stub, then tied the end 
next to me securely, and was ready to cross over. 
I felt kind of ‘‘shaky’‘ at first but crept very 
slowly until I was across. 
Being successful thus far I determined to rest 
awhile, after which I took seven white and 
glossy eggs from the hole which was not so 
small when I got to it. 
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On blowing the eggs I was surprised to find 
that five of them were fresh and the other two 
badly incubated. 
As I look through my cabinet and see those 
eggs, a vivid picture comes to my m 
which those two stumps and the ladde: 
important part. 
S. REY STRYKER, 
Milwaukee, Oregon, 
PIGMY OWL. 
MAMMOTH TOOTH. 
A genuine Mammoth tooth has been discover- 
ed in Champaign Co, Ill. It was excavated by 
workmen on a ditch in a swamp on the C. E, 
Percival farm in Philo township in the south 
eastern part of this county. 
It measured 10 inches in length, 4 inches in 
in 
the hands of scientists of the University of IIl- 
width and weighed 7’ pounds. It is now 
inois, for classification. 
HARRY E. SPALDING, 
Champaign, Ill. 
