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THE OOLOGIST. 



In 1894from April 1 to May IB, 11 sets. 



In 1895 from April 9 to May 12, 8 sets. 



In 1896 from April 12 to 26, 7 sets. 



In all 35 sets ranging from 1 to 3 eggs 

 in a clutch. 



Red-shouldered Hawk: 



In 1891, May 1, 2 sets.' 



In 1892 from April 29 to May 16, 2sets. 



In 1893 from April 24 toMayl4, 8 sets. 



In 1894 from April 30 to May 6. lOsets. 



In 1895 from April 20 to May 12, 14sets 



In 1896, April 25, 1 set. 



In all 32 sets, most sets of 8 or 4 and 

 in only one instance a clutch of 5 eggs. 



This shows that the Red-tailed Hawks 

 start breeding thi-ee weeks earlier than 

 the Red-shouldered Hawk and 1 am 

 further led to believe that each pair of 

 Hawks needs about from three to four 

 square miles of territory for their sub- 

 sistance. For three years I have taken 

 sets of the same pair of Hawks and 

 strange to say, almost the same mark- 

 ings are on each years clutch. I have 

 encountered some very difficult trees 

 to climb particularly shell-bark hickory. 

 Edwakd Reineke, 

 Buffalo, N. y. 



Collecting- Eg-gs of Scarlet Tanag-er. 



Mr. Gibbs' remarks in December, '94, 

 OoLOGiST suggested that perhaps my 

 way of getting eggs from such situa- 

 tions might be new to some. Take a 

 long pole or two, if necessary, spliced; 

 tie a tin pail of large enough size to the 

 end, fill same nearly full of broken cot- 

 ton or similar substance. One person 

 raises the pail to one edge of nest while 

 another raises the other edge, when 

 the eggs roll out on the cotton. Shift 

 the pail as they come that they may 

 not strike each other. Try it. 



E. H. Short. 



the eggs of Woodpeckers, Flickers, 

 Owls, Kingfishers, Swallows^ etc. 



Any person can make the following 

 ladle without any cost: Take a piece 

 of wire (not too heavy) and bend it 

 around and twist it leaving a loop in 

 the end. 



To this loop fasten a piece of cloth, 

 making a small bag. The great advan- 

 tage of this ladle is that the handle 

 may be bent, so that it will fit a hole of 

 almost any size or shape. 



Hervey M. Hoskins, 

 Newburg, Oreg. 



For Inaccessible Nests. 



Take a piece of wire '16 inches long. 

 Make a ring in the middle 1 inch in 

 diameter and twist the free ends to- 

 gether until you have a wire "stem" 4 

 inches long. Then fasten to a light 

 bamboo pole with the rest of the wire. 

 Cover your ring with muslin making 

 the bag 1^ inch deep. Bend the stem at 

 right angles to your pole. Now go to 

 that inaccessible Vireo's nest, get as 

 near it as possible and put in your net. 

 With a "twist of the wrist" you can get 

 out the eggs as safely as you would 

 take Bobolink's. Henky R. Buck. 



A Handy Tool. 



There^are few collectors who do not 

 sometimes need a ladle in collecting 



A Collecting- Contrivance. 



For securing quickly the eggs of Hum- 

 mingbirds, Gnatcatchers and the like, I 

 send the following device. Make a 

 jointed pole from 4 pieces of pine each 

 six feet or more in length by fitting fer- 

 rules on the end of each. Saw a split 

 seven inches long in one end of the 

 pole, spread this apart and fit on piv- 

 ots a small mirror. It can be quickly 

 seen if there are any eggs in the nest, 

 if so suspend a thickly lined basket on 

 the end and gently tip up eggs into it, 

 where they will nearly always land 

 safely. 



C. L. Grakt. 



