122 Genera/ Nates. 



(mostly by myself), and have never seen another aberrant specimen. 

 Therefore. I estimate that of every .two hundred specimens occurring in 

 that part of the country, about one hundred and ninety-nine would be true 

 <iuratus.'\ 



4. Picus pubescens. "Little Sapsucker"; "Little Guinea 

 Woodpecker." 



5. Picus villosus. "Big Sapsucker" : "Big Guinea Woodpecker." 



6. Hylotomus pileatus. "Woodcock"; "Black Woodcock" ; "Log- 

 cock." In some localities ranks us fourth or fifth in abundance. 



7. Sphyropicus varius. "Sapsucker." Rarely distinguished b\ 

 the people, but sometimes, from its note, called "Squealing Sapsucker." 

 This species is unknown in summer, and is the only one of the family 

 that is regularlv migratory. — Robert Ridgway. Washington, D. C. 



Breeding of the Wild Pigeon in confinement. — Seeing Mr. 

 Deane's note in the last number of the Bulletin. I forward my expe- 

 rience, thinking it may prove of interest. During the spring of 1877, 

 the Society purchased three pairs of trapped birds, which were placed 

 in one of the outer aviaries. Early in March. 187S. I noticed that they 

 were mating, and procuring some twigs. I wove three rough platforms and 

 fastened them up in convenient places: at the same time throwing a 

 further supply of building material on the floor. Within twenty-four 

 hours two of the platforms were selected; the male carrying the material 

 whilst the female busied herself in placing it. A single c<ig was soon laid 

 in each nesl and incubation commenced. On March 16 there was quite a 

 heavy fall of snow, and on the next morning I was unable to see the birds 

 on their nests on account of the accumulation of the snow piled on the 

 platforms around them. Within a couple of day- it had all disappeared and 

 for the next tour or five nights a self-registering thermometer, hanging in 

 the aviary, marked from 14° to 19 . In spite of these drawbacks both of 

 the eggs were hatched and the young ones reared. They have since con- 

 tinued breeding regularly and now I have twenty birds ; having lost one 

 old male and several eggs, from falling through their illy-contrived 

 nests. — Frank J. Thompson. Z.oological Garden, Cincinnati, O. 



Large Eagles. — An immense adult Bald Eagle (Haliaetus lucoce^ha- 

 lus) was lately sent from North Carolina to Mr. Xewton Dexter of this 

 city, the spread of whose wings measured 8 feet. It is well known that 

 the voting Bald Eagle is larger than the adult, and Mr. Dexter and myself 

 were discussing that point only a few days previously while examining a 

 large Golden Eagle which had been sent in to me to mount. 



I bought in November last a young female Bald Eagle, shot in New 

 Shoreham, which measured 7 feet 3 inches, the greatest spread of wing of 

 anv I ever had. Mr. Dexter has killed dozens of Eagles and says this is 

 the largest he ever saw. — Frederic T. Jencks. Providence. R. I. 



Eagles attempting the rescue of a wounded companion. — Hav- 

 ing noticed a number of times mention of the fact that Gulls and other 



