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took set of 3 House Wren's eggs from 

 Flicker's cavity 20 feet up in a stub. 

 On the same day at New Albany, N. 

 J., took a set of House Wren's eggs 

 from a Downy Woodpecker's hole 15 

 feet up in a branch of a dried tree in a 

 marsh. 



On May 22, 1901, at Holmesburg, this 

 cnunty, took a set of 5 fresh Rough- 

 winged Swallow's eggs from an unfin- 

 ished Kingfisher's hole excavated in the 

 top of an unoccupied quarry. In 1899 

 a friend found a Rough-winged Swal- 

 low's nest in aa old Kingfisher's hole 

 but tore it out before it was finished. 



On April 26, 1901, at Volunteertown, 

 this county, took set of 4 eggs of the 

 Robin from a nest situated on a girder 

 of a steel railroad bridge. On May 7 

 took another set of 4 from same nest. 



In 1899 took 14 eggs of the Flicker, 

 several sets, from a cavity excavated 

 in a willow 15 feet up. During 1900 I 

 took several other sets. In the winter 

 two Screech Owls were taken from the 

 hole. May, this year, a boy robbed a 

 Passer domesticus of her oggs, the nest 

 of which was built in the hole. June 

 8, this year, I took a set of 6 Passer's 

 eggs from the hole. 



Apri[ 14, 1898, took a set of 3 fresh 

 eggs of the American Sparrow Hawk at 

 Frankford from a Flicker's hole 35 feet 

 up in a black oak stub. In 1897 a brood 

 of Flickers were raised in the hole. 

 RiCAARD F Miller, 

 Philadelphia, Fa. 



Albino Egcg^s of Sialia sialis- 



Of the many specimens of runts, cur- 

 ious colored and shaped eggs that I 

 have seen in ■ my many years as a stu- 

 dent of oology, it has never been my 

 good luck to see a pure white set of al- 

 bino eggs of the Bluebird until this 

 season, and this was only accomplished 

 through the kindness of my naturalist 

 friend, Mr. J. E. Teague of this town, 

 who has ever been a close observer of 



the birds of this locality, and to him all 

 credit should be given for had it not 

 been for him the eggs would never 

 have been found. 



On April Ist as Mr. Teague was pass- 

 ing through an old orchard of apple 

 trees he saw a Bluebird fly from a hol- 

 low tree several ods away. He at 

 once thought a nest of common eggs of 

 the Bluebird was in the tree, but being 

 much interested in oology he went to 

 the tree for a look at the nest. The 

 hole was in the main trunk of the tree, 

 about five feet from the ground and 

 about 10 inches in depth, a vacated 

 nesting place of the Flicker. On look- 

 ing in Mr. Teague beheld not blue eggs 

 but pure white ones, four in number. 

 This was indeed a surprise. 



On May 2d he again visited the nest. 

 The Bluebird was on the nest and had 

 to be driven from the hole before the 

 eggs could be seen. This time five eggs 

 rewarded his gaze and this completed 

 the set as no more were "laid. 



On May 8th Mr. Teague notified me 

 of the finding of the nest and eggs and 

 on May 10th I tramped six miles 

 through the mud in a heavy rain storm 

 and collectod the nest and eggs. They 

 are very glossy and look lika egsjs of 

 the Woodpecker, closely resembling 

 eggs of the Yellow-bellied Sapsucker 

 {Sphyrapicus varius), both in color and 

 size. They measure .80x.62, .81x.63, 

 .78X.61, .78X.61, .82x63. 



The nest was very large and bulky 

 and composed of dried grass, lined 

 with the same and fine rootlets. 



The nest and eggs now repose in my 

 cabinet and 1 prize tham very higely. 

 Guy H. Briggs, 

 Livermore, Maine. 



• 'Oh, you cruel boy, to take those 

 eggs out of the nest! think of the poor 

 mother bird when she comes — " 



"The mother bird's dead, miss." 



"How do you know that?" 



"I see it in your hat!"— Punch. 



