September, 1881.] 



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him and struggle like two tame Pigeo-is, 

 with wings spread, until the Sparrow left 

 perfectly exhausted, when the Swallow 

 went for food for its young as though noth- 

 ing had hapi^ened. The Sparrows never 

 returned to the scene of the struggle. 



Large Sets of Eggs. — VVe have re- 

 ceived from Mr. Fred. T. Jencks, Provi- 

 dence, R. I., one set of Blue Jays, six eg^^s ; 

 one set Crow Blackbird, six eggs; a set of 

 common Rail, with fourteen eggs. 



Paul Hoffman, Rockville, Conn., reports 

 a set of Baltimore Oriole, six eggs; a set of 

 Purple Finch, with four eggs, and tliree 

 Cow birds, making seven in all. He also 

 reports taking a Barn Swallow, with five 

 eggs, when a pair of Pewees built on ihe 

 foundation ot same nest and laid two eggs, 

 when the Swallows again returned and 

 built another nest on that of the Pewees. 



Prothonitary VVakbler. — ^Ve have re- 

 ceived from Mr. Fred. T. Jencks a nest 

 and six eggs of this Warbler. The nest is 

 absolutely perfect as it was built in the 

 trunk of a decayed tree, showing great 

 skill and patience in pulling the trunk of 

 the tree apart until the nest was extracted 

 entire. The eggs were prepared in Mr. 

 Jencks' superior manner. As he will no 

 doubt describe this Warbler and its nesting 

 habits in our columns, we will leave the de- 

 scription of the nest to him. 



Late Nesting. — Jesse E. Smith, of 

 Rockville, Conn., reports finding a nest 

 and two fresh eggs of the Humming bird, 

 August 4th. 



We found at Occum, Conn., August 20th, 



a nest and four fresh eggs of the Sung 



Spai row. 



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Corrections. — In your last number, un- 

 der editorial — " Rare Finds," — you state 

 that I found three nests of the Black 

 Crested Titmouse, which should read 

 Tufted Titmouse, {^Lophophanes ificolor.) — 

 Fred. T. Jencks, Providence, R. /. 



Remarkable Flight of Birds. 



A remarkable flock of birds appeared at 

 Westport, Nova Scotia, on the afternoon of 

 April 15th last. It was composed chiefly 

 of Scarlet Tanagers, Indigo birds, and 

 Green Herons- Specimens of each are 

 now in my possession, and I am positive of 

 their identity. These species have not 

 been seen there before and were driven in 

 by a gale. 



Benjamin H. Ruggles, Esq., of Westport, 

 writes mtt: "For several days previous to 

 their appearance the winds had prevailed 

 from west southwest to northwest. On the 

 13th the wind changed to east northeast and 

 was breezy from that quarter through the 

 14th, and on the night of that day and ear- 

 ly on tlie 15th had increased to a gale from 

 the northeast, moderating before noon. 

 During that afternoon the birds were first 

 seen They appeared very much exhaust- 

 ed, rriany of the smaller birds being easily 

 destroyed by boys with stones. Numbers 

 of them perished in the bushes, their re- 

 mains having since been found." 



The few specimens I axamined were al- 

 most mere skeletons; one Green Heron had 

 nothing in its stomach and but little blood 

 in its body. — M. Chamberlain, St. Johns. 



An Egg Within an Egg. — In your 

 July number, M. K Barnum asks for fur- 

 ther information concerning double egg 

 shells, or l-athcr an egg shell within an egg 

 shell I have a hen's egg laid at Poquon- 

 noc. Conn., which measures, endwise, nine 

 and three fourths inches in circumference; 

 its smaller circumference being seven and 

 three-fourths inches. 



Inside of this shell is another about the 

 size of an avei'age hen's egg The person 

 who first found the egg opened it at the 

 end — thinking to save the shell on account 

 of its extreme size — and discovering the 

 inner egg punctured it too and carefully 

 removed its contents, leaving the smaller 

 shell inside the larger as it is to-day. — F. 

 H Allen, Norwich, Conn. 



