THE OOLOGIST. 



153 



On the 21st of May last, I found a 

 nest with 4 eggs, the usual number, 

 nearly fresh. It was in a new field, on 

 low ground near a spring. The nest 

 was neatly tucked into a recess between 

 the roots of a chestnut stump; well 

 hooded over, so that the bird seemed to 

 enter through a large hole in the side, a 

 tuft of grass screening the entrance. It 

 was composed mostly of dried grasses, 

 very fine and feathery, a few dried 

 leaves, intermixed with the outside, the 

 lining mostly of horse hair. The fine 

 white eggs specked with reddish brown, 

 look more like those of the Titmice and 

 AVarblers, than like those of the Wren 

 family. Though the eggs of that family 

 vary greatly. 



Let me here tack on a little note 

 along with Mr. Posson in your last 

 issue, on the Chewink in Orleans Co., 

 N. Y., and around Buffalo. I used to 

 regard it a very rare bird in your Co., 

 and believe with the above writer, that 

 the south shore of Lake Ontario must 

 be about the northern limit of its hab- 

 itat. It is true, however, that it is quite 

 common in the immediate vicinity of 

 Buffalo, as stated by Mr. Befgtold. 



In like manner, I used to find the 

 Brown Thrush very common around 

 Buffalo, while it was not at all common 

 in Orleans Co., N. Y. This species, 

 however, extends its habitat much far- 

 ther north. I found it common on 

 Manitoulin Island and in the LaCloch 

 Mountains, just south of Lake Super- 

 ior. 



J. H. Langille. 



A Trip to Smith's Island. 



On the morning of May 21, '91, I left 

 Cobb's Island, Va., with two friends at 

 6:30, and sailed down to Smith's Island 

 in order to get a few specimens of the 

 Great Blue Heron. Smith's Island is 

 about 20 miles down the coast, but the 

 way we had to go was fully 30 miles. 

 We had a head wind all the way, and it 



was 11:15 when we arrived at our desti- 

 nation. 



As soon as we landed the Fish Hawks 

 commenced flying around us, scream- 

 ing all the time. There were lots of 

 their nests about, but I never saw any 

 thing to equal those of the Great Blue 

 Heron. 



Some trees had as many as five in 

 them. I tried to climb to some, but as 

 I had no "irons" with me, I had to give 

 up the job. The trees were tall dead 

 pines, with no bark and as smooth as a 

 telegraph pole. 



I know a great many of the nests con- 

 tained young, because there were lots 

 of egg shells on the ground, and when 

 the old birds would fly over, high in the 

 air, the young ones would stand up in 

 the nest and s^ick their heads out to- 

 ward them. 



I expect to go to Cobb's Island again 

 next May, when I hope to be more suc- 

 cessful in the egging line. 



Wm. N. Fisher, 

 Baltimore, Md. 



More about the Iowa Eagles. 



About two days after receiving my 

 February Oologist, I was told that an 

 Eagle had been caught and was on exhi- 

 hibition in Chas.Trizainski's barber shop 

 window. I started at once for the bar- 

 ber shop and upon aiTiving there I saw 

 one of the largest Golden Eagles that 

 "grow," and which measured six feet, 

 six inches from tip to tip. 



It measured about two feet in length. 

 Its plumage was very ragged but still 

 showed its beauty. It was of a beauti- 

 ful gold color on the head and dark all 

 over the body; two light spots on the 

 wing, tail light, legs very strong ond 

 feathered to toes, color yellow, bill blue 

 black and very large. It seemed to 

 take kindly to captivity and has become 

 tame. It can be fed from the hand and 

 does not care at all if any person pets 

 or strokes it, provided you do not touch 



