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THE OOLOGIST. 



12 inches deep outside and 4 inside. It 

 contained two eggs, incubation about 

 one-half done, and measuring 1.88 x 

 1.57, 1.87x1.58. One marked with a 

 wreath of red around the smaller end, 

 and the other with a mass of smaller 

 red spots covering the larger end, and 

 a scattering of dots over the rest of its 

 surface. 



On the 4th of June I had occasion to 

 be in one of the railroad yards in the 

 suburbs, when I heard a Broad-wing in 

 a small grove along side of the track. 

 The grove is not above an acre and a 

 half in extent, and on one side is a busy 

 railroad yard and large grain elevator, 

 and on the other a we-l used street lead- 

 ing to the suburbs and Lake Minne- 

 tonka, while the street cars go by right 

 on the edge of the wood. The grove is 

 also a famous hunting ground for the 

 small boy with the air-gun and "Flob- 

 ert" rifle. 



I thought the hawk must be on a hunt- 

 ing trip, for it did not seem like a place 

 in which thev would build, but fifteen 

 minutes' search was rewarded by see- 

 ing the hawk fly from what seemed to 

 be an old squirrel's nest of dead leaves 

 placed against the trunk of a small oak 

 tree and about 25 feet up. The nest 

 was a flimsy affair of a few sticks placed 

 on a foundation of dead leaves and was 

 lined with a few pieces of bark, a few 

 feathers, (from the bird's tail evidently) 

 some green leaves and fuzz of poplars 

 and a long green weed of some kind 

 (I think it was a "Solomon's Seal") cov- 

 ered with leaves. 



The eggs were two in number and in- 

 cubation was begun. One was marked 

 all over with pale lilac, with a few dis- 

 tinct angular spots of light red, and the 

 other with a few large blotches of red 

 at the smaller end; this egg is irregular 

 in shape and has a distinct crack run- 

 ning clear arour d it, and a spot where 

 it has been shattered and bulged out, 

 but it has all been healed up again and 

 is as strong as ever. I suppose it must 



have been broken inside of the bird and 

 before the shell was entirely formed. 

 Size of eggs, 1.92 x 1.50, 1 90 x 1.48. 



This completes my series, altogether, 

 7 sets of 18 eggs, 4 sets of 3, and 3 sets 

 of 2. 



I think I could have collected a good 

 many more this year if I had hsd time, 

 as I found them in every suitable wood 

 in which I searched, and every time I 

 heard their call I found their nest with- 

 out difficulty. 1 shall not disturb them 

 any more this season, but next year I 

 expect to take a set from each nest vis- 

 ited as here described. 



These sets were all collected within a 

 radius of five miles from the center of 

 the city of Minneapolis and two were 

 within the city limits. 



John D. Cukbie, 

 Minneapolis, Minn. 



Bird Music. 



[Continued from last issue.] 

 Another bird that sometimes sings on 

 the wing, is the White-rumped Shrike. 

 It is not generally known that this 

 Shrike, or for that matter any other, 

 has a song. I have heard the song sev- 

 eral times and can testify to a series of 

 very agreeable notes nicely modulated. 

 We cannot call the song really melodi- 

 ous, but it is still possessed of unique- 

 ness, as it is essentially unlike the notes 

 of any other bird of my acquaintance. 

 I once heard this Shrike sing as it flew 

 in the characteristic manner of flight- 

 singers, on fluttering wings. 



The true love-song of the Golden- 

 crowned Thrush or Oven-bird has been 

 but rarely referred to by writers, in 

 fact, the best musical efforts of this 

 species have only been described in 

 comparatively recent times. The com- 

 mon loud clanking chirpings, so often 

 heard, have been listened to by all ob- 

 servers, but a superior strain, only oc- 

 casionly uttered, has been listened to ) 

 by but few intelligently. I feel safe in 



