Oct. 1890.] 



AKD OOLOGIST. 



149 



Nesting of Bobolink, 1888, 1889 and 

 1890. 



Incubation well 

 Incubation ad- 



Incubation com- 



Incubation 



.June 7, 1888. 

 conunenced. 



.lune 7, 1888. 

 vanced. 



June 10, 1888. 

 menced. 



June 11, 1888. Five eggs, 

 nearly fresh (bloody veining). 



June 11, 18:j8. Four young; one addled egg. 

 Hatched. 



June 12, 1888. Three young; two addled 

 eggs. Incubation completed. 



June 20, 1888. Five eggs. Incubation just 

 commenced. 



June 26, 1888. Four eggs. Incubation just 

 commenced. 



Total for 1888, forty-one eggs in eight nests. 



188< 



Five eggs. 



Incubation com- 



1889. 



Six 



Incubation ad- 



Four eggs. Incubation fresh. 

 Five young. Incubation 



eggs. Incubation ad- 

 eggs. Incubation ad- 



June 5, 1890. Five eggs. Incubation com- 

 menced. 



June 5, 1890. Four eggs. Found on the 3d, 

 and contained four fresh eggs at that time. 



June 5, 1890. Five eggs. Incubation com- 

 menced. 



June 6. 1890. Five eggs. Incubation well 

 commenced. 



June 7, 1890. Six eggs. Incubation ad- 

 vanced. 



Total for 1890, fifty-six eggs in eleven nests. 



In 1888, one nest contained four; five con- 

 tained five each; and two contained six each. 



In 1889, two nests contained four each; nine 

 contained five each, and one contained six. 



In 1890, two nests contained four each ; seven 

 contained five each; one contained six, and 

 one contained seven. E. G. Tabor. 



Meridian, N. Y. 



?b- 



Five eggs 



Fotir 



June 2 

 menced. 



June ;'), 

 vanced. 



June 5, 1889. 



June 7, 1889. 

 completed. 



June 7, 1889. Five 

 vanced. 



June 7, 1889. Five 

 vanced. 



June 7, 1889. Five; 

 Incubation completed. 



June 9. 1889. 

 menced. 



June 10, 1889. 

 vanced. 



June 10, 18S9. 

 menced. 



Jiuie 18, 1889. 

 Incubation completed. 



June 18, 1889. Five 

 completed. 



Total for 1889, fifty-nine eggs in twelve nests. 



June ?>, 1890. Seven eggs. Incubaticm well 

 commenced. 



June 8, 1890. 

 commencing. 



June 8, 1890. 

 menced. 



June 4, 1890. 

 menced. 



June 4, 1890. 



Amenities of Exchange. 



four young; one 



Incubation com- 

 ^. Incubation ad- 

 Five eggs. Incubation com- 

 Five; three young; two eggs, 

 young. Incubation 



Five eggs. 

 Five eggs. 



Five eggs. 



Incubation just 

 Incubation com- 

 Incubation com- 

 Left three days; 



Four eggs. 

 was found on the 1st with the eggs in them. 



June "), 1890. Five eggs. Incubation com- 

 menced. 



This title, by way of sarcasm. 



The undersigned expressed his modest de- 

 sire to make exchanges of skins and eggs at 

 the beginning of the season of 1890, with high 

 hopes; at the end of the season his retrospect 

 convinces him that men are pretty much alike, 

 consistent or inconsistent in all the relations 

 of life. 



To one correspondent he sent skins to the 

 value of upwards of $20.00, acceptable skins, 

 too. At the end of the season there came a 

 tardy promise of skins to a total value of, say, 

 .$8.50, but one of which was wanted in his 

 collection. 



Another insisted, with much underscoring, 

 that skins receivable in exchange " HHf.si be 

 first-class." A bulky shipment Avas sent in 

 reply, by express, with a request to be notified 

 at once of amount of expressage that one half 

 might be remitted. The value of skins sent 

 was considerably greater than that of what 

 was actually promised in return. 



Here follows the essence of the reply; 

 "Your .skins will not be taken from the ex- 

 press office unless you send the amount due (a 

 very small sum). If you send the money please 

 send also tiie two skins omitted from the list 

 you sent." With a smile of amusement the 

 money was forwarded, and forthwith came, 

 jumbled clumsily, with scant wrappings, into 

 a box, an odd medley of skins, — one sparrow 

 with skull exposed, .several specimens, fly- 

 specked, distorted and crumpled, some much 



