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THE OOLOGIST. 



finch was discovered by the sharp eyes 

 of a small boy. 



The nest was situated in the branches 

 of a peach tree, about seven feet from 

 the ground. When discovered the nest 

 contained two eggs of a light blue color 

 without markings. 



On October 10th, I again visited the 

 nest and found it to contaia four eggs. 



The bird aud nest were both taken. 

 The bird is now mounted upon the 

 edge of her nast in my collection. A 

 short time after this another boy found 

 a nest of the same species with young 

 birds in it. E. De Lay Palmer, 



San Bernardino, Calif. 



an unusual circumstance as this bird 

 will usually desert its nest if disturbed. 

 Harry R. Painton, 

 College Park, Cala. 



An Early Find. 



Who would think of looking for the 

 nest'of our smallest bird in January '? 

 Well, January 30th of this year found 

 me gazing up into a cypress tree for no 

 other purpose than to see the nest of an 

 Anna's Hummingbird and the bird sit- 

 ting. I was soon up the tree but found 

 it impossible to look into the nest with- 

 out taking it from the limb. This I did 

 and it contaiued only one egg. I was 

 undecided whether to replace the nest 

 and leave it for a complete set or be 

 sure of one. I soon resolved to wait 

 for No. 2 and so placed the nest back on 

 the limb. 



Next day I returned and the bird was 

 there as if she had never been disturbed. 

 Going up and finding still only one egg, 

 I thought as she had resolved to stick 

 by the nest I would give her time to lay 

 that second egg. The next day there 

 were two which I took with nest. 



The nest had been used last year and 

 was repaired very little for new house- 

 keeping. It was fifteen feet from the 

 ground on a horizontal limb one-half 

 inch in diameter just where there was 

 a small twig branching off to the side 

 which helped to keep it in place. 



This is the earliest record I have seen 

 in the columns of the OoLOGiST aud is 



The Golden Eagle in Indiana. 



I have been a hunter in different parts 

 of this State, and never saw this grand 

 bird until Dec. 10th, 1893. 



While hunting in the woods near 

 Denver, I had laid down my gun, and 

 was watching a ground hog. Suddenly 

 hearing a noise resembling a large sky 

 rocket, as it foes thi'ough the air, I 

 jumped to my feet and looking up saw 

 a large bird coming from above with its 

 wings almost closed. It came within 

 20 feet of my head, and then sailed off 

 and perched on a tree about 100 yai'ds 

 away. I went to my gun and just at 

 that moment I heard the same noise 

 and again looking up saw another com- 

 ing from above like an arrow straight 

 at me. He came to the top of the trees 

 and then alighted, aud I fired both bar- 

 rels of my gun at him and wounded 

 him badly, but he succeeded in getting 

 away, and the other one soared up un- 

 til it was only a mere speck in the sky, 

 aud then left me. These birds -were, I 

 think, five or six hundred feet high 

 when they started to descend, and they 

 came straight down. On the 22d of 

 Dec. 1893 a farmer killed one while it 

 was fighting a dog over a chicken he 

 had caught, aud I bought it of him. It 

 measured seven feet and four inches 

 across the wings. I mounted him and 

 have it in my collection, and prize him 

 above all other specimens. 



I have been a hunter for 30 years, and 

 my father has hunted for over 60 years, 

 but neither of us ever saw the Golden 

 Eagle in this State before. 



C. F. Fite, 

 Denver, [nd. 



