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I may say in conclusion though Ar- 

 senical Ptomaine may form in skins pre- 

 pared with pure arsenic there is not 

 nearly the clanger, as with the soap, 

 but it is as ._ Maynard says: "Arsenic 

 and grease are generally a blood poi- 

 son." 



Harry B. Sargent. 



Interesting Notes from Oregon- 



I send you a few extracts of my '91 

 notes thinking perhaps they might pos- 

 sibly be interesting to some of the read- 

 era of the Oologist. 



April 5th. Found a Steller's Jay's 

 nest completed. The bird began laying 

 the 14th and April 30th took a set of 5 

 •eggs. Nest made of sticks, twigs and 

 moss, lined with rootlets, measured 9 

 inches across and 6 inches high on out- 

 side, 3i in. x 2 in. inside; and placed on 

 a limb of a fir tree about 16 ft. high; 

 •eggs pale, greenish, spotted, rather 

 thickly at larger ends; average size 1.23x 

 -.88. 



April 19th. Took a set of 14 eggs of 

 Mongolian or Ring Pheasant. 



The nest Avas in a field of thick "Oak 

 Grubs" placed under an oak grub, made 

 of leaves in hollow in ground, measures 

 8 in. across and 3 in. deep. Eggs were 

 a brownish cream with a faint green 

 tinge, average size 1.56 x 1.32. 



The Pheasant's note or "crow" con- 

 sists of two syllables uttered with a 

 harsher voice than our domestic cock 

 and resembles er er; immediately after 

 crowing they flap their wings making a. 

 noise like the Ruffed Grouse. 



I set three eggs and succeeded at the 

 end of 22 days in hatching one little 

 Pheasant looking very much like a 

 ■Drown leghorn chick. 



The little fellow done well and follow- 

 ed the hen, but persisted in going 

 ahead; in three days it required a lively 

 pace to catch him, but one morning 

 nothing was to be seen of it. 



May 11th. Took a set of 13 fresh 



eggs of Mongolian Pheasant. Nest in 

 same field and under an oak grub the 

 same as the other, eggs pale, greenish, 

 cream, a few spotted sparingly with 

 olive, average size 1.66 x 1.23. 



May 12th. Took a set of 7 fresh eggs 

 of the Oregon Ruffed Grouse. The nest, 

 unlike most nests of this species, was 

 not concealed or at least did not seem 

 so, as it was placed between two fir sap- 

 lings in plain sight 10 or 12 ft. away; it 

 was hollow in ground, lined wifh leav- 

 es. 



Eggs cream, three being spotted very 

 sparingly with light brown," average 

 size 1.60x1.24 



June 14th. Found a nest of Mongo- 

 lian Pheasant; it was a hollow in a tus- 

 sock of timothy containing one egg lay- 

 ing on bare ground; there was not any 

 more next day, and its a puzzler to me 

 to know how that egg got there. Can 

 anyone make a suggestion? 



The following receipt I have used for 

 the last year successfully for removing 

 stains, although may not be new to 

 many I hope it will to a few: 



Cover the eggs 18 or 24 hours with 

 butter-milk, too long will spoil them; 

 care should be taken to wash the eggs 

 thoroughly, immediately after taking 

 them out of the butter-milk. 



Arthur L. Pope, 

 Yamhill Co., Oregon. 



Where is the Southern Breeding Limit of the 

 Robin? 



I would like to hear from any reader 

 of the Oologist who has in his collec- 

 tion eggs of the Robin (M. migratoria) 

 taken in either of following states: 



Georgia, Alabama or Mississippi. Or 

 in Arkansas or Indiau Territory, near 

 or south of latitude 35 o . Also along 

 the southern border of Tennessee. Am 

 trying to find the southern breeding 

 limit of this bird in the Mississippi Val- 

 ley. 



Would like especially to hear from 



