20 BULLETIX No. 3 



On June 5, we were shown anothei- great crested's nest, built in 

 an old fence post which the birds were using. One in the next post, 

 which the flycatchers had used the previous year, was then occupied 

 by a bluebird. The contents of the nest were examined after the birds 

 were through with it, but no snake skin was found, nor was any found 

 in a nest used by them the following season. We should infer from 

 this, that while it may be their custom to adorn their nomes with such 

 an ornament, they undoubtedly, frequently dispense with it. 



GOLDEN EAGLE IN RUTLAND COUNTY. 



George L. Kirk, Rutland, Vt. 



On April 15, a man living in Chittenden caught in a fox trap a 

 Golden Eagle, Aquila chrysaetos. It was an adult bird in good plumage, 

 having the characteristic well feathered legs. It was brought to Rutland 

 and was on exhibition alive here for some days. As one foot was badly 

 mangled by the trap, the eagle was eventually killed and mounted. 

 It is now on exhibition in the clothing store of Wilson & Root here. 

 The bald eagle is not uncommon at Lake Bomoseen but so far as the 

 writer can learn this is the only authentic record of the golden eagle 

 in this county. 



MEADOW LARKS IN WINTER. 



George L. Kirk. 



Have any members of the Vermont Club any winter records for 

 Meadow Larks, Stiirnella magna? The writer has obtained three dur- 

 ing 1907, these being the only instances he has ever observed of the 

 larks remaining in the north during cold weather. On January 13, 

 the writer and a companion saw a meadow lark near this city. The 

 weather was very cold and the bird was in a meadow where there was 

 an inch or more of snow. When flushed he seemed to be strong as the 

 average bird, taking a long flight. On December 17, Dr. C. B. Ross of 

 West Rutland, whom I know to be reliable, saw two meadow larks 

 in a swampy meadow. Still later, December 23, George Gallop of 

 Rupert, flushed a bunch of four meadow larks in Pawlet. Several 

 bird students have told me that they never saw meadow larks later 

 than mid-November and the writer would like to hear from club mem- 

 bers in other parts of the state on the subject. 



