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THE OOLOGIST 



gical specimens, or Indian stone and 

 copper implements. What I wish, to 

 speak of here was the abundance of 

 Killdeer that nested in a certain flat 

 open field on the north side of the 

 city; I don't recollect just how many 

 nests I found but they were plentiful, 

 and each contained its quota of four 

 speckled beauties, some nests were 

 hollows in the ground, some more 

 elaborately built. One in particular 

 which I collected, with four beautiful 

 eggs, was a great heap of pebbles with 

 a deep hollow at the top, just large 

 enough to hold the eggs, points in, this 

 is the first stone nest I eyer found and 

 it being situated on a piece of ground 

 that was sandy and full of very small 

 gravel, satisfied me that the Killdeer 

 uses just what is nearest at hand for 

 lining to the hollow that serves for 

 the nest. The nest in pastures are 

 usually lined with roots or pieces from 

 the lcwer end of old dead grass stems 

 and bits of dead wood. 



George W. H. VosBurgh. 

 Zion City, Illinois. 



Nesting Dates for 18B8 



The following list of dates on which 

 fresh sets of a few birds of Dud- 

 dridge County, West Virginia, were 

 taken, although getting old may be 

 of interest, as I don't see much about 

 birds from that region. 

 337 Red-tailed Hawk; April 12, 2 

 eggs. 



393 Hairy Woodpecker; May 15, 3 



eggs. 



394 Downy Woodpecker; May 11, 5 



eggs. 



417 Whip-poor-will; May 7, 2 eggs; 



10th, 2 eggs; 11th, 2 eggs; 19th, 

 2 cets of 2; 26th, 2 eggs; June 

 29th, 2 eggs. 



418 Hummer; May 29, 2 eggs. 



465 Acadian Flycatcher; May 28 and 



June 10, sets of 3 eggs each. 

 593 Cardinal; May 25, 3 eggs. 



608 Scarlet Tanager; May 18, 3 eggs; 



May 20, 4 eggs; May 25, 3 eggs; 



May 30, 4 eggs. 

 624 Red-eyed Vireo; May 21, 3 eggs; 



first set of the season. 

 628 Yellow-throated Vireo; May 14, 



3 eggs. 



636 Black & White Warbler; May 15, 



4 eggs; May 19, 3 eggs; May 21, 

 4 eggs; May 31, 4 eggs. 



639 Worm-eating Warbler; May 25, 4 



eggs; May 31, 4 eggs. 

 642 Golden-winged Warbler; May 23, 



4 eggs. 

 648 Parula Warbler; May 14, 5 eggs; 



May 20, 4 eggs; June 1, 4 eggs. 

 658 Cerulean Warbler; May 12, 4 



eggs ;May 20, 2 sets of 4; May 



24, 3, and May 30, 4 eggs. 

 675 Water-thrush; May 24, 5 eggs. 

 677 Kentucky Warbler; May 20, June 



1st and 5th, 5 eggs each. 

 681 Maryland Yellow-throat; May 28, 



4 eggs. 



683 Chat; May 9th, 11th, and 19th, 4 



eggs each. 

 718 Carolina Wren; May 29, 5 eggs; 



June 2, 5 eggs. 

 731 Tufted Titmouse; May 8, 7 eggs; 



May 11, 6 eggs. 

 751 Blue-gray Gnatcatcher; May 11, 



5 eggs; May 14, 3 eggs. 



R. B. Simpson. 

 Warren, Pa. 



An Oddly Situated Phoebe's Nest. 



Of all the curiously situated Phoe- 

 be's nests that I have ever found, the 

 strangest came under my observation 

 this year. It was found on May 28, 

 1911, at Lower Merion, Montgomery 

 County, Pennsylvania, and was under- 

 neath a small plank bridge spanning 

 a brook in a woods, over which a lone- 

 ly road passed. The bridge was 

 about two yards wide and six feet 

 high and the walls were of stone. 

 An old shovel had been stuck blade 

 first into the wall by a workman and 



