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are becoming more valuable each 

 year. 



The old birds are very wary about 

 their homes, and abandon them if 

 molested, more than they consider 

 necessary; besides the high winds 

 blow a great many of the old trees 

 down. 



The dates, location and size of each 

 set follow: 



2-26-06 Del 2.90x2.28 



2.88x2.30 

 2.85 X 2.25 



2-22-09 Del 2.93x2.22 



2.87x2.21 



2-24-09 Va 2.80 x 2.20 



2.70x2.20 



2-21-09 Md 2.65x2.12 



2-27-'09 Md 2.85x2.18 



2.80x2.15 

 Average for the ten eggs, 2.82 x 2.21 

 The eggs from Delaware are much 

 lager than the ones from Maryland 

 and Virginia. 



The highest nest was 1-2 from Mary- 

 land on February 27th. It was placed 

 in a pine 80 feet up. The tree was 

 ten feet in circumference. The farmer 

 that climbed it said he would not 

 climb it again for $50.00. 



E. J. DARLINGTON. 

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^ From the Isle of Pines. 



April 25, 1909. 



A short time ago I sent you some 

 notes on the birds which I have seen 

 here. The following briflg the list 

 up to date: 

 White Crowned Pigeon. ... (Common) 



Cerulean Warbler (1) 



Great White Heron (2) 



Little Blue Heron (Several) 



Cuban Martin (Several) 



Nighthawk (Common) 



Barn Swallow ( Several) 



Black-whiskered Vireo .... (Common) 



Indigo Bunting (1) 



Red-eyed Vireo (1) 



Ruddy Quail Dove (Several) 



Black-throated Hummer . . (Common) 



These bring the list of birds which 

 I have identified up to fifty-six spe- 

 cies. Most of the warblers have now 



left here except a few Oven birds 

 American Redstarts, and Maryland 

 Yellow-throats. Up to now I have 

 had but little time for bird study, but 

 hope to have a little more in the 

 future. 



The birds which I have found nest- 

 ing are as follows: Ground Dove (6 

 nests with either eggs or young) ; 

 Red-legged Thrush (Cuban Robin), 

 and Black Whiskered Vireo. 



A. C. READ 



The Henslow's Sparrow In Philadel- 

 phia County, Penn. 



(A Correction) 



In the December number of THE 

 OOLOGIST, I recorded this species 

 occurrence here as unique, but the 

 bird has since been examined by 

 Witmer Stone of the Academy of 

 Sciences, who pronounced it a 

 Swamp Sparrow (Melospiza georgi- 

 ana), in the normal plumage of the 

 Prst winter. Consequently my record 

 is no record at all. So much for re- 

 lying upon the identification of a 

 f rien d ! 



However I do not place the blame 

 on him, but shoulder it myself as I 

 ought to have had the bird identified 

 in the first place by a competent orni- 

 thologist, and before I wrote about 

 it. Thus we learn frOm experience who 

 is a sad and hard teacher. 



The other two records in my paper 

 of the observance of two supposedly 

 rienslow's Sparrows cannot be relied 

 upon, and the whole is a worthless re- 

 cord. Certainly they were not 

 Swamp Sparrows; the Spring record 

 in. particular. 



RICHARD F. MILLER. 



Phila. Pa. 

 March 13, 1909. 



The future has still better things in 

 store. THE OOLOGIST will be bigger 

 and better than ever before 



