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something of interest at all times on 

 the subject of birds. We hope his 

 new found honors will not cause him 

 to neglect his old friend, THE OOLO- 

 GIST. 



The Mourning Dove. 

 H. P. Attwater of Texas contributes 

 to the Houston Chronicle of Sunday 

 August 29th a two column and half 

 to the defense of the Mourning Dove 

 under the heading "The passing of 

 the Mourning Dove." We agree with 

 all that Mr. Attwater says on the sub- 

 ject as we could never understand 

 how a man calling himself a sports- 

 man could bring himself to a state 

 of mind permitting him to kill as 

 harmless and beautiful a bird as the 

 Mourning Dove, to say nothing of its 

 well known beneficial quality instead 

 of shorting the season for the killing 

 of Mourning Doves as is suggested. 

 They should at all times be protected 

 by a continuous closed season. 



Editor. 



Mr. Darlington's Collection 

 The unusually fine collection of 

 birds eggs owned by the late E. J. 

 Darlington of Wilmington, Delaware, 

 has become the property of Mr. Ed- 

 ward M. Kenworthy of the same city. 

 Mr. Kenworthy is to be congratulated 

 on acquiring this accumulation of 

 especially desirable specimens. 



Cedar Waxwing's Nests. 

 The following are some of my finds 

 of Cedar Waxwings at Wasaya Beach, 

 Ontario, 1914-1915. 



(1) Nests of weed stems lined with 

 bark 20 feet up on horizontal branch 

 of pine, 4 incubated eggs. 6-22-14. 



(2) Nest completed 30 feet on hori- 

 zontal branch of Norway pine com- 

 pleted. 6-23-14. 



(3) Nest 40 feet in Norway pine, 

 one deserted egg. 6-20-14. 



(4) Nest of weed stems lined with 

 grass and straw 15 feet up in Maple, 

 three fresh eggs. 6-25-14. 



(5) Nest of weeds and bark lined 

 with pine needles and bark 18 feet 

 up on horizontal branch of Norway 

 pine at the extreme end; five incubat- 

 ed eggs. 7-16-14. 



(6) Nest 15 feet up in willow crotch, 

 four fully fledged young. 7-23-14. 



(7) Nest 12 feet up on horizontal 

 branch of Spruce, three young. 7-25-14. 



(8) Nest 20 feet on horizontal 

 branch of Spruce, four young- jusi 

 hatched. 7-25-14. 



(9) Nest 8 feet up in Cedar crotch 

 on river bank of weeds, lined with 

 pine needles, four fresh eggs. 7-27-14. 



(10) Nest 12 feet up on horizontal 

 branch of pine of weed, stems and 

 bark lined with pine needles, three 

 fresh eggs. 7-28-14. 



(11) Nest 8 feet up on horizontal 

 branch of Norway pine, three fresh 

 eggs. 7-28-14. 



(12) Nest 10 feet up in bush, five 

 fresh eggs. 7-31-14. 



(13) Nest 4 feet up in grapevine 

 tangle, four fresh eggs. 8-2-14. 



(14) Nest lined with pine needles 

 15 feet up in crotch of Cedar, four 

 eggs advanced. 7-6-15. 



(15) Nest lined with pine needles 12 

 feet up on horizontal branch of pine, 

 four fresh eggs. 7-5-15. 



(16) "'Nest 10 feet up on horizontal 

 branch of Norway pine, lined with the 

 needles, five fresh eggs. 7-5-14. 



(17) Nest lined with pine needles 

 20 feet up on horizontal branch of 

 Norway pine, five fresh eggs. 7-14-15. 



(18) Nest lined with pine needles 

 5 feet up in willow, four fresh eggs. 

 7-29-15. 



(19) Nest 10 feet up in Hemlock, 

 lined with grass, five fresh eggs. 

 7-10-15. This nest and eggs were taken, 

 the birds rebuilding in the same spot 

 hatched two young which were fully 

 fledged. 8-13-15. 



