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are selected tlirougli choice and not 

 through lack of suitable trees for 

 nesting purposes. 



Among all the birds with which the 

 state of Colorado is blessed there is 

 no species (including even the Say's 

 Phoebe) which varies so greatly in 

 its choice of a nesting site as T. ver- 

 ticalis and as I have been unable to 

 detect any difference in the habits of 

 Colorado, Utah, Idaho and Nevada 

 birds it is very surprising that 'Mr. 

 Peabody has failed to observe these 

 characteristic traits of such an abun- 

 dant 'bird. 



Respectfully, 

 Robt. B. Rockwell, 

 Associate Editor The Condor. 

 Colorado Springs, Colo, May 21, 1908. 



Editor, The Oologist, 



Dear Sir, — 



Mr. Robert B. Rockwell has called 

 my attention to Mr. Peabody's com- 

 munication in the April Oologist, and 

 his criticism on my remarks of cer- 

 tain nesting sites of Tyrannus vetica- 

 lis. Mr. Rockwell also sent for my 

 approval the manuscript of the reply 

 to Mr. Peabody which accompanies 

 this. At first I thought I would ask 

 him not to send it, preferring to fight 

 my own battles, but as on reading it 

 I found so much information on the 

 nesting of this bird I thought better 

 of it, and only write this short note 

 to affirm what I said in my Condor 

 article. 



The nest in the adobe cliff was 

 found by my assistant, J. W. Frey, 

 when fishing in Fortification Creek, 

 near Craig, Routt county, Colo., and 

 who called my attention to it. Both 

 of us saw the parent birds and they 

 were Western Kingbirds, and not 

 Say's Phoebes, as Mr. Peabody 

 guesses. They were Yellow-breasted 

 Kingbird whose outer tail feathers 

 had a distinct whitish edging, and 

 this was also the case witli the birds 



which had the nest on the ridgepole 

 of a cabin. The nest was almost di- 

 rectly over the door of the cabin, and 

 we camped in that cabin three days 

 and had abundant opportunitj'- to ob- 

 serve the birds. I will say that I 

 have lived in Colorado nearly twenty- 

 seven years, and have known both 

 the Phoebe and the Kingbird most of 

 that time, and I knew something 

 about birds before I came here, hav- 

 ing collected and studied in Massa- 

 chusetts. 



Edward R. Warren. 



WE NOTE 



That our old correspondent, Chas. 

 W. Bowman, now writes from De- 

 witt, P. O., Calif. 



As many of our friends have en- 

 quired for Mr. Bowman in the last 

 four years we thought this item 

 might be of interest. 



Dr. M. T. Cleckley, of Augusta, Ga., 

 reports considerable damage to his 

 collection by the recent flood. 



The regular yearly number of "The 

 Warbler" comes to hand from John 

 Lewis Cliilds. It is notable as contain- 

 ing a complete catalogue of the. 

 Childs Library of Natural History. 



A pair of Orchard Orioles reared a 

 brood of young the past season in a 

 pine tree in the door-yard of W. C. 

 Voke near Chili Center, Monroe Co.. 

 N. Y. 



My second record of this bird for 

 Western New York. 



Editor. 



To the Editor of The Oologist. 



Dear Sir: — As to Warbling Vireo 

 singing on the nest my experience is 

 the same as yours. I have found many 

 Warbling Vireos nests by going out 

 early in the morning and, guided by 

 the song, find the 'bird on the nest 

 singing. I think that it would be safe 

 to say that it always sings on the 

 nest. I do not know which bird does 

 the singing, but think that the male 

 takes a turn at sitting in the early 

 morning, and that it is 'he that does 

 the singing. 



VERDI BURTCH, 



Branchport, N. Y. 



