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spruce branches close to the trunk, thirty feet up. It contained bits of 
egg shell, and appeared to have been broken up by some mammal. 
Regulus calendula calendula. RuByY-CROWNED KINGLET.— Com- 
mon, breeds. 
Hylocichla ustulata swainsoni. OLive-BAcKkeD THRusH.— Abun- 
dant breeding bird. Nests building, just completed or with eggs were found 
during the entire period of both visits, and with young after the middle of 
June. 
Hylocichla guttata pallasi. Hrrmrr THrusH.-— Common. Breeds. 
Nests with four eggs each, incubation nearly complete, were found June 18, 
1915, and June 11, 1916, and a nest with three fresh eggs, June 24, 1916. 
Planesticus migratorius migratorius. Rosin.— Abundant breeding 
bird, nests being found everywhere, even out in fairly dense second growth 
woods. One nest contained young nearly ready to leave it on June 21; 
another held three nearly fresh eggs, June 24. 
Sialia sialis sialis. Biursirp.— A very few seen. A nest containing 
young and one addled egg was found on June 9, 1916. 
MISS LAWSON’S RECOLLECTIONS OF ORNITHOLOGISTS. 
BY FRANK L. BURNS. 
In a batch of papers relating to the life of Alexander Wilson 
loaned me by the late Frederick B. McKechnie, I found an inter- 
esting series of letters running from June 21, 1879, to February 20, 
1883, signed by Malvina Lawson. The matter which appeared 
most valuable was copied verbatim but owing to my friend’s desire 
to publish, it was scarcely drawn upon for my papers on Wilson. 
Mr. McKechnie’s sad death occurred before he was able to carry 
out his intention and the original letters having been lost or de- 
stroyed, it seems desirable to publish my extracts. Miss Lawson 
was the eldest daughter of Alexander Lawson, who was born in 
Ravenstruthers, Scotland, December 19, 1773; came to Phila- 
delphia in May, 1792, and died there August 22, 1846. He is 
described as a tall thin man of large frame and athletic; full of 
animation, good feeling and the love of truth, but inclined to be 
satirical. Miss Lawson says: “My father has been represented as 
