Feb. 1890.J 



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looking' for .Siiii)es' nests. I must say that 1 

 (lid not have mucli faitli in tlie outcome, as in 

 an liour's work I had Hushed about a lialf a 

 (h)zen l)irds but found no nests, I liad also been 

 over this same piece of >;roiiii(l the two pre- 

 cedinjr years without rewarding the intention 

 of my search/ I was beating around the 

 edge of the swamp where the stumps were 

 more numerous, and where tlie ground was 

 firmer, when a .Snipe got out right from un- 

 der my feet, and Hew about a hundred feet 

 and dropi)ed down in the grass. I was sure I 

 had found a nest this time, and sure enough 

 there it was riglit beside me; it contained one 

 egg. I did not touch it, but stood there and 

 "sized it up." I thought it not best to re- 

 main too long, so 1 marked the nest by a cer- 

 tain stump, and left, resolving to revisit it 

 when it would contain a full set; so four days 

 later I was on tlie spot again and was a little 

 surprised to find the biid gone and three cold 

 eggs in the nest. Geo. G. Caiifirell. 



Sfri.r pvatlncola (Barn Owl). A 9 killed at 

 Newport, N. C, by Jas. Moore, Ksq., Nov. 7 

 1S8'.), and sent to us to mount. Besides the 

 Lark .Sparrow we have added two other species 

 to our Raleigh list. 



Pftrochelidon liinlfrons (Eave Swallow). One 

 killed April 2'!, bSSO; and tolerably common 

 from then till May (i. 



lidlhi.s Klr(/iiil((iiiis (Virginia Kail). One 

 killed and another seen May ."!, ISsi): one seen 

 May (). 



Other scarce birds that we have taken at 



Raleigh this year are Mointfaia SnUfari/ Vh-i^o 



(June 17 and 21); Bickneir x Thrush (May 17 



and 18); Golden-wim/ed Warbler (.May 7, $). 



Prothonotari/ ]V((rbler (April U), (^); (Jcerideau 



Warbler (Aug. 2!), 9); Tennessee Warbler 



(.Sept. H), 9); llniis,^ Wren {Mny2, 9); Least 



Bittern (May ;', ( ^ ), (i ( 9 )), Broad-winged Hawk 



(Aug. 2<). $)\ Bewirk's Wren (Nov. (i, 9). 



C. S. Brinileii. 

 IJaleiuh. X. ('. 



Occurrence of Snowy Owls at Mono- 

 moy Island, Cape Cod. 



A flight of Snowy Owls reached the Cape 

 shores early in November, spreading as far 

 south on the elbow as .Monomny Island. Four 

 birds have been taken by tlie station men, the 

 last one being shot on the evening of Dec. Kith. 

 In one instance a man from the Monomoy 

 station saw an owl on the high beach sitting 

 neai'ly under the giniwale of an old overturned 

 lefe boat. lie made a wide detour so as to 

 get tlie boat between him and the owl, but the 

 bird had his weather eye open, as is usu- 

 ally the manner of some of the wreckers on 

 tliis island, and got away before the man 

 could get within gun-shot of him. A member 

 of tlie U. R. ("lub shot at one in November, 

 whicli was in very white plumage, near Inward 

 I'oint, and although he hit the bird hard did 

 not succeed in getting it. ./. ('. ('alaiiai. 



Additions to the Avifauna of North 

 Carolina and of Raleigh in i88g. 



During the year ISSi), the following two 

 species have been added to the North Carolina 

 list, making the total number 2()2. Cfnnalextes 

 Uraniniica (Lark Spai'row). A $ killed and 

 another seen by H. H. Rrimley at Raleigh, 

 Aug. 10, lS8t». I saw both l>irds mys.'lf but 

 could not get a shot. 



A Series of Eggs of the Nashville 

 Warbler. 



Although not at all a rare bird the eggs of 

 the Nashville Warbler {llehninthoji/iila rufira- 

 l>illa) are very ditticult to obtain, and are sel- 

 dom seen in large series in collec^tions. Their 

 variation in coloration is much less than that 

 of the eggs of most of the Warblers. .Six sets 

 now before me may be thus described: 



Set I. .May ;>(), I8S(i. Hudson, Mass. Nest on 

 the gi-ound. Three eggs, fresh. Very light, 

 creamy-white, speckled, principally near the 

 larger ends, with vinaceous, and a few specks 

 of lilac-gray. The markings form wreaths: 

 .(•..■)X.41I, .(■.'.» X .4!); .(Ux .:>(). 



Set II. May :;(|. 1S87. Detroit, Minn. Nest 

 of fine glass, lined witli hair, etc. In tussock 

 of grass in a marsh. Four eggs, incubation 

 advanced. White, speckled with vinaceous 

 ami a few dots of lilac-gray. Tiie markings 

 are larger and heavier near the larger ends: 

 .HOx.yO; .()! x.4U: .()2x.4J): .()2x.48. 



Set III. June ('), 18S2. Preston. Conn. Nest 

 under tussock of grass, imbedded in the soil, 

 the edge flush with the surface of the ground. 

 The edges of the nest were covered with moss 

 like a Re wee's nest. Five eggs, fresh. Light, 

 creamy-white, si)eckled, more heavdy near the 

 larger ends, witli viniceous and a few minute 

 markings of lilac-gray. This set was collected 

 by the celebrated oologist "J. M. W." (Mr. C. L. 

 Raws(m). and contains much smaller eggs than 



