May 1890.] 



AND OOLOGIST. 



75 



ill number, of the usual liglit greenish-blue 

 color. They measure: .93x,69; .88x.67; 

 .Si)x.(59, and were perfectly fresh, probably 

 being the seccmd set of the season. 



Lloyd's station is situated on the side of a 

 spur of the Alleghany mountains, and, accord- 

 ing to tlie Pennsylvania State Geological Sur- 

 vey report, of Blair Co., is 2, ISO feet above 

 tide, the nest being at least 150 feet higher, 

 on the summit of the hill, making the altitude 

 of the nest at least 2,800 feet above tide. This 

 altitude was in all probability chosen by the 

 bird to make up for the difference in latitude 

 between this and its regular breeding local- 

 ities. 



On another trip, several miles east of this, I 

 noticed a pair of Juncos {.Tunm InjemnHs) ap- 

 parently making " much ado about nothing," 

 but on closer investigation 1 discovered a 

 young bird lying on the ground, dead. This 

 has no connection with the Wilson's Thrush, 

 but it may be interesting to know that the 

 Junco, although on the high mountains, breeds 

 as far south as latitude 41° 20'. 



Frrd O. Kor/i. 

 Philadelphia, Pa. 



[To the above instance of Wilson's Thrush 

 breeding in Pennsylvania may be added that 

 of a set of four eggs taken May 28, 1887, in 

 Montgomery County, Pa., and now in my 

 cabinet. — /. P. .V.] 



He Will be More Astonished Before 

 the Year's Out. 



We have seen some, and heard of many, large 

 things on wheels; but when it comes to wings, 

 Dynamite's heifer not only takes the cake but 

 removes the bakery also. While we do not 

 doubt Dynamite for a moment we are forced 

 to think he was wearing a pair of magnetic 

 eyes or under tlie effects of an overdose of 

 spirlfiis fnimenti^ possibly both. The two 

 ill coiinection with rarefied air would be liable 

 to make a giralTe of a Calliope Hummer. 



Another great mistake in old Dame Xature, 

 had she manufactured master Fred's chip- 

 munk into a kid he would knock Buck Ewing 

 out on base ball in the first half of the first 

 inning, at any rate we would respectfully 

 decline catching behind the bat where he did 

 the pitching. .\s to Harrison's deer story 

 and Cantwcll's fog horn we remove our hat. 



3/o.s'.s7>rfcA\ 



Was the Change in the Common 

 Names Popular ? 



ONE OF MANY THAT ARE COMING IN. 



Editors of O. & O.: 



I notice your request in the April O. i& O., 

 asking readers to give their preference for the 

 old or new names of the four species, 534, 540, 

 546, 604. I for one prefer and think the old 

 names more appropriate, as follows: 5:34 Snow 

 Bunting, 540 Grass Finch, 546 Yellow-winged 

 Sparrow, 604 Black throated Bunting. While 

 on the subject I should like to mention several 

 others which I consider the old name prefer- 

 able to the new. They are as follows: 



OLD. 



231 Red-breasted Snipe. 

 234 Eed-breasted Sandpiper. 

 648 Blue Yellow-backed Warbler. 



A. O. U. NEW. 



231 Dowitcher. 



234 Knot. 



648 Parula Warbler. 



Ornithologically yours, 



J. c. a 



WILLING TO FALL INTO LINE. 



Editors of O. <fe O. .• 



In your editorial column this month you ask 

 for a vote in reference to the change in a few 

 of the names of our common birds. I consider 

 the A. O. U. check list the standard for our 

 American birds, and if such ornithologists as 

 x\llen, Brewster, Cones, Merriam and Ridgway 

 thought it necessary to change from the old to 

 the new I, for one, think they are the best qual- 

 ified to know; and it will be a very easy matter 

 for us to conform to the new nomenclature. 

 I, for one, shall vote for the A. O. U. names. 



ir. H. L. 



doesn't DENY UUT THE NEAV NAMES AKE 

 " DULCET." 



Editor of O. .t- O.; 



In accordance with your request in the 

 April O. & O. that subscribers should send in 

 a vote relating to their preference of English 

 names of certain birds mentioned by yourself 

 in that number I write to say that I am most 

 decidedly in favor of the old titles, for besides 

 being personally in favor of them, I think that 

 they are the least local of any English names 

 applied to these birds. 



The reason why I consider the old names 

 more generally known is that they are those 



