Feb. 1890.] 



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H. H. Holmes writes that he secured a O Mourning 

 Dove from a pair on January 18, at Heloit, Wis., and 

 asks it it is not uncommon. We should say that it was 

 out of .season. 



W. 11. Lucas, Bridgeport, Conn., writes, "I see that 

 you ailvertise the Stevens collecting fi'un. I use it al- 

 together. Mine is a 38-caI. I can shoot a robin from 

 the to]) of our tallest tree. 



By the notice in (). & ()., I secured records of Worm- 

 eating and Prothonotary Warblers, also Red-necked 

 (irebe. I cannot find any note (»f Blue Gray Gnat- 

 catcher. to my surprise. Geo. G. Cantwell, Lake Mills, 

 Wis. 



Avifauna of Orleans County, X. V., completed l)y 

 Xeil F. Posson and published in the Oologist, Vol. VI, 

 No. 5, notes 174 si)ecies. of which 81) breed witlii)i the 

 county. 



William C. Flint, ES(i., San Francisco, Cal., one of 

 our subscribers, is deeply atfticted in the loss of his 

 last and only sou, aged 12 years. He met his death 

 instantly l)y the ac(;ideiital discharge of a pistol in his 

 own hand. 



A specimen of the Bald Eagle in the young plumage, 

 in the collection of the late Mortimer Blake, D.D., 

 Taunton, Mass., measures 8 ft. 4 in. in extent. Harry 

 (iordon White. 



There have been but 20,092 crows killed in Maine 

 during the past season, at an expense to the state of 

 .$20U5.30. The appropriation for the years of 188it and 

 1890 is already exhausted. Two hundred and forty-one 

 towns have made returns. Some of the leading towns 

 are Harpswell, 4.34; rni(m,430; Waldoboro, 307: New- 

 port, 32y.— [Damariscotta Herald, Feb. (i, 1890. 



Correspondence. 



That Cheeky Cowbird. 

 IJditor of O. tfc O.: 



Having- read with pleasure and protit the 

 article on the Cowbird by Morris Gibbs, 

 in the January O. & O., and the list of birds 

 wiiose nests are apiiroj^riated temporarily by 

 said Cowbird, to this list 1 can add the fol- 

 h)\ving': I'ewee, Field Sparrow, Cardinal Gros- 

 beak, Bhiok-tiiroated Bunting, Warbling Vireo, 

 White-eyed Vireo, I'rothonotary Warbler, Ken- 

 tucky Warbler, Worm-eating W'arbler, Black 

 and White Warbler. Blue-wing Yellow Warbler, 

 Baitinu>re Oriole. Yellow-Miroated Vireo. Blue 

 Grosbeak, Brown Thrasher, Western Meadow 

 Lark. Yellosv-breasted Chat. Cannot we have 

 a list of all the birds who suffer from this bird? 

 Let us hear from all wlio can add to tiie list. 



.s. li. liK/ermll. 



Hallstiiii Spa. N. V. 



More Cowbird Eggs. 

 Kditar O. A O.: 



At various different times I have noticed in 

 tlie columns of the O. ct O. lists of tlie birds in 

 whose nests eggs of tlie Cowbird have been 

 found. 



I have never noticed in these lists an account 



of the Cowbird appropriating the nests of the 



Kingbird or of the Meadowlark, and if these 



two be additions to thealready known imposed 



upon birds I would like to add them, as I 



have found Cowbirds' eggs in the nests of both. 



Neil F. Pos.son. 

 Medina, N. Y. 



P. S.— The O. & O. is a "dandy." I think it 

 a very attractive feature to have different vol- 

 umes in different colors. Success to the jour- 

 nal. 



[I have a set of the Meadowlark — also one of 

 the Blue Jay, ccmtaining eggs of the Cowbird — 

 in my store. F. B. W.] 



Editor O. d- O.: 



During the fall of 1889 I added the follow- 

 ing birds to my collection which are not 

 very common in this k)cality. 



Oct. 2d. Goshawk, young, 9- 



Oct. 9th. Sparrow Hawk, adult $. 



Oct. 18th. Pigeon Hawk, adult $. 



Oct. Pith. AVhite-crowned Sparrow, 9- 



Nov. 17th. Shot two Saw-whet Owls 

 (males). 



On October 14th I shot a White-throat Spar- 

 row, of which the breast, head and down 

 to the middle of the back are pure white; 

 the wings, rest of the back and tail are of the 

 usual color. 



While walking in the woods to-day we 



flus'.'.ed a Woodcock, although the swamps 



have not been frozen until the past week I 



think the bird's wintering is rare. 



ir. H. Lxcax. 

 Bridgeport, Conn., .Jan. 26. 1890. 



New Publications. 



Aiiierican Osprey — monthly, 4 pp., 0x8 — 25c 

 per annum. Published and edited by Paul B. 

 Haskell, Ashland, Ky., an amateur ornitholo- 

 gical publication — endorsed by our best 

 wishes. 



B/(//r'^/H of the Xewton (Mass.) Natural His- 

 tory Society. Vol. 1, No. 1 (October), .Shi.") 

 per vol. C. J. Maynard. A record of such 

 matters as are brought before the society. 

 Contains: structure of the tongues of Wood- 

 peckers illustrated, C. J. Maynard; the phil- 

 osophy of natural expression, T. A. Metcalf, O. 

 B. ; the Arrow-headed Warbler of Jamaica, 

 illustrated by colored plate, C. J. Maynard. 



The Seini-Annual. Vol. 2, No. 1, W. H. 

 Foote, Pittsfield, Mass. Frontispiece, The 

 Golden Eagle and Eyrie. 



