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neath the chin and I worked out four 

 large' ones of the same size. In the 

 end of one wing apparently in the 

 bone and where two large wing feath- 

 ers were pulled out, there were three 

 more maggots which I took out and 

 then turned the bird loose. 



It fluttered away minus fourteen 

 parasites. Isn't this very uncommon? 

 PERCY L. JUDD, 

 Rathdrum, Idaho. 



Rarities. 



Our old friend "Campbell," of Pitts- 

 ton, Pennsylvania, reports the Least 

 Sandpiper again breeding at that 

 place. Also the discovery of nests of 

 the Lincoln Sparrow, Field Sparrow 

 and Worm-eating Warbler; certainly a 

 nice bunch of rare ones. 



R. P. Smithwick. 



In the June issue of this year we 

 published a press dispatch giving an 

 account of the death of R. P. Smith- 

 wick, May 24th, at the age of twenty- 

 two years, by being smothered in a 

 hole dug by him in a sand dune af- 

 ter Kingfishers' nests. 



When we purchased THE OOLO- 

 GIST, the following notes came to us 

 with other manuscript forwarded by 

 Mr. Short, and they show the work of 

 the Smithwick family in the Ornitho- 

 logy of the South many years ago, and 

 are now published for the first time. 

 Bertie County, N. C. 



May 1, 1895. — Chipping Sparrow, 4-4. 

 Nest of grasses and fine weed-stalks, 

 lined with horse hair; placed in a 

 shade-tree. Eggs fresh. 



May 6, 1895. — Chipping Sparrow, 5-4. 

 Nest of grasses and fine weed-stalks, 

 lined with hair, placed in a cedar, 

 standing in yard, 10 feet from the 

 ground. Eggs fresh. 



May 6, 1895. — Chipping Sparrow, 6-4 



Nest of fine grasses and weed-stalks, 

 lined with hair, placed in a cedar 

 about 25 feet from the ground. Eggs 

 fresh. 



May 9, 1895.— Red-eyed Vireo, 2-3. 

 Nest of the usual maturial, placed in 

 a beech, about 20 feet from the ground. 

 Small embryos. 



May 13, 1895.— Red-eyed Vireo, 1-4. 

 Nest of the usual material placed in 

 a beech, about 5 feet from the ground. 

 Eggs fresh. 



May 13, 1895.— Red-eyed Vireo, 3-3. 

 Nest of the usual material, placed in a 

 beech 13 feet from the ground. Eggs 

 fresh. 



May 21, 1895.— Red-eyed Vireo, 4-3. 

 Nest of the usual material, placed in 

 an oak, about five feet from the 

 ground. Incubation slight. 



May 22, 1895.— Red-eyed Vireo, 5-3. 

 Nest of the usual material, placed in 

 an oak 9 feet from the ground. Eggs 

 fresh. 



May 25, 1895.— Purple Martin, 1-5. 

 Nest placed in a box 20 feet from the 

 ground, made of the usual material. 

 Eggs fresh. 



May 25, 1895.— Purple Martin, 2-5. 

 Nest placed in a box 20 feet from the 

 ground, made of the usual material. 

 Eggs fresh. 



May 25, 1895.— Purple Martin, 1-6. 

 Nest placed in a box 20 feet from the 

 ground, made of the usual material. 

 Eggs fresh. 



June 18, 1895.— Cardinal, 3-3. Nest 

 of leaves and pieces of jessamine 

 vines, lined with fine grasses, placed 

 in an oak, about 13 feet from the 

 ground. Incubation advanced. 



June 24, 1895.— Indigo Bunting, 2-3. 

 Nest placed in a bunch of reeds, about 

 two feet from the ground, made of 

 weed-stalks and reed-leaves, lined 

 with fine grasses. Eggs fresh. 



April 20, 1896.— Cardinal, 4-3. Nest 

 placed in a dogwood bush, about 5 



