AMERICAN ORNITHOLOGY. 



147 



American Ornithology. 



A MAGAZINE DEVOTED WHOLLY 

 TO BIRDS. 



Published monthly by Chas. K. Reed, 

 75 Thomas Street, Worcester, Mass. 

 Edited by C. Albert Reed. 



SUBSCRIPTION R.ATES. 



In the United States, Canada and 

 Mexico, fifty cents a year, postpaid. 

 Single copies five cents. 



To all countries in the International 

 Postal Union, seventy-five cents a year 

 postpaid. 



ADVERTISING RATES. 



Page one month $20 00 



One-half page one month 10 00 



One-quarter page one month 5 00 



One inch one month i so 



Copy must be received not later than 

 the loth of preceding month. 



Entered at the Post Office at Worcester, Mass. 

 as second-class matter, Jan. i6, igoi 



The Great-crested Fly- 

 catcher. 



In the March A. O. in the article 

 on the G. C. Flycatcher in regard 

 to the sentence: — "The nest is al- 

 ways built in a cavity in a tree," 

 will you kindly allow me to disa- 

 gree in using the word always as 

 e.xempt. I have observed the fol- 

 lowing: June 4, 1894, I found a 

 set of four eggs of this species in a 

 Martin box at Girard, Kans. This 

 box was 18 ft. up at the top of a 

 pole attached to a shed in my back 

 yard. I watched the building of 

 this nest with glowing interest as 

 their combats with the English 

 Sparrows and the Martins were 

 many. Again in 1892 I knew of a 

 pair which nested in the corner of 

 an unused log cabin near Aurora, 

 Mo. These instances are no doubt 

 quite rare but are worthy of note. 



Walter Scott Colvin, Osawatomie. Kans. 



Books Received. 



With the Wild Flowers (from Pussy Willow to Thistledown) — by 

 Maud Going. With illustrations. NewYork; The Baker & Taylor Co. 

 Price $1.00. A charming story of some of our wild flowers. In this 

 book the auther accomplishes a two-fold purpose. It is a very interest- 

 ing book for an afternoon's reading and at the same time you are gain- 

 ing much valuable and accurate information in regard to the habits and 

 peculiarities of our more common flowers. 



Mr. Chupes and Miss Jenny by Mrs. Effie Bignell. illustrated. New 

 York; The Baker & Taylor Co. Price $1.00. A story of the doings 

 and misdoings of two Robins during a three years' sojourn with the 

 author. They were rescued after being blown from the nest during a 

 storm, and became much attached to their benefactor. The author's 

 quaint humor and original language holds the reader's attention through- 

 out the book. 



The Home Life of Wild Birds, by Francis Hobart Herrick. With 141 

 illustrations from nature by the author. New York, G. P. Putnani's 

 Sons. Price $2.50. As the title indicates this is really the home life 

 of the birds. The author literally camped out beside the birds' nests 



