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behind the nearest sand hill and then 

 hurried out to this particular locality. 

 As soon as I saw her running on the 

 sand I hurried to the spot and there 

 within 10 feet of where I first saw her 

 moving off, was the nest. It was 

 merely a hollow in the sand on the 

 high beach. Small flat stones lay 

 scattered about and the pale colored 

 eggs matched very well with the sur- 

 roundings. 



As far as I am able to find out this 

 is the only place at present anywhere 

 in this st^ce where this plovers nest 

 has been found in recent years. 



R. B. Simpson. 

 Warren, Pa. 



"Campbellites." 



Our friend, E. W. Campbell, writes 

 us that he has recently purchased 

 nine acres of land (two or three of 

 which is water), fed by springs with 

 some timber on it, and that he pur- 

 poses engaging in the raising of live 

 native wild fowl. We can assure him 

 that nothing that he can do will give 

 him more pleasure as a bird lover. To 

 see our man walk out in the pasture 

 on a crisp fall morning with a basket 

 of corn and surround himself imme- 

 diately with all manner of wild 

 ducks, geese and swan, some of which 

 eat out of his hand, and others gath- 

 er around his feet is a sight worth go- 

 ing miles to see. We trust our friend 

 will have the success that his effort 

 deserves. 



He also furnishes the following 

 notes which will be of interest to all 

 readers. 



November 5th, Reuben Driesbaugh 

 shot a pure white albino gray squirrel 

 at Wyalmsing, Wyoming County, Pa., 

 with not a colored hair on it. Camp- 

 bell has mounted it. 



November 18th, John Curtis shot at 

 Harvey's lake, Luzerne County, Pa., 



A. O. U. No. 212, Virginia Rail, (Ral- 

 lus virginianus), male, which is the 

 latest date that they have been known 

 to be in that territory. 



On November 21st, J. E. Lamb shot 

 one A. O. U. No. 221, American Coot 

 (Fulica americana) at Lake Sheridan, 

 Wyoming County, Pa. 



Books Received. 



Home Life of the Osprey, by Clin- 

 ton G. Abbott, B. A. 



Witherby & Company, 326 High Hol- 

 born, W. C. London, announce an ad- 

 dition to "The Bird Lovers' Home 

 Life Series'" under the foregoing title. 

 It is a beautiful little volume of 54 

 pages, accompanied by 32 mounted 

 photographs, is pleasingly written and 

 fully delineates the home life of this 

 well known bird. 



There is no more interesting series 

 of bird books that come to our table 

 than the Home Life series. It is pub- 

 lished at 6s. net and may be obtained 

 of the Forest & Stream Publishing 

 Company by American patrons. The 

 photos are among the best that we 

 have seen, and of themselves are 

 worth more than the price of the book. 



This same enterprising firm like- 

 wise announce the publication in the 

 near future of a complete work on the 

 "Birds of Colorado." 



Personal. 

 The well known Oologist, O. A. Tre- 

 ganza of Salt Lake City, has recently 

 had a ten weeks tussel with typhoid 

 fever. He is now on the road to recov- 

 ery we are glad to say. Few collectors 

 stand higher among the egg men. 



The Wilson Bulletin, double number 

 76-77 is just at hand and is made up 

 entirely of Frank L. Burns' mono- 

 graph on the Broad-winged Hawk. 

 We can truthfully say this is one of 

 the best things that has come to our 



