March, 18S1.] 



AND OOLOGIST. 



Allen replies that he would as soon expect 

 to find the nest of the Great Aiik in Vir- 

 ginia as that of the Gray Owl, and is well 

 aware of the latter being a resident of the 

 Arctic regions only. Mr. Allen makes fur. 

 ther remarks regarding the number of eggs 

 laid by the owl family which will appear at 

 a future time. He concludes as follows : 

 "I hope Mr. Ridgway will give me credit 

 for being better posted on the owl ques- 

 tion than to be guilty of such an absurdity 

 as making the Great Gray Owl a native of 



Virginia." 



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 a monthly journal devoted to the interests 

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 sportsmen and those interested in general 

 Natural History. 



/Science Advocate, is a sixteen i^age jour 

 nal, 8vo., devoted to general science and is 

 edited by Henry A. Green, who is devoted to 

 the work. IL is published quarterly at 

 only twenty-five cents per annum. It is 

 ably edited and at the low price it is oflt'er- 

 ed it should receive a large share of patron- 

 age. Address, H. A. Green, Atco, N. J. 



Elack-billed Cuckoo. 

 On May 25 Ih, 1879, I was shown a nest 

 of the BLick-billed Cuckoo ( Coccygus ery- 

 throphthalmus), on which the female was 

 sitting, and I identified her by approach- 

 ing near enough to see the red eye-ring, be- 

 fore she flew oft' The nest contained two 

 (2) eggs, which I left in hopes of getting a 

 full set. On the 20 th another egg had 

 been laid, but I still left them wishing to 



get a set of four, but on the 27th only one 

 egg remained in the nest. This I left, as 

 the bird was on the nest as I approached. 

 On the 28th the nest was empty, and the 

 bird no where in sight. On the 29th I was 

 passing the place, and noticed the bird on 

 the nest. I went up to it, and was very 

 much surprised to find 3 eggs just as if 

 nothing had happened. Have you ever 

 heard of anything like the above ? — W. W. 

 W., Shelter Island, N. Y. 



Bird Notes. 



The Rose-breasted Grosbeak is a j^lenti- 

 ful summer resident in this locality (New- 

 ton, Mass.,) especially so in the vicinity of 

 the Charles River, where they seem to pre- 

 fer to build in the medium-sized growth of 

 the white birch, the nest being usually 

 placed near the top of the tree and about 

 20 ft. from the ground. Their eggs are 

 almost invariably four ; I have never seen 

 five. I know of no bird which is more 

 regular in its number then the Rosebreast. 

 — Herbert M. Warren. 



Five eggs for the Rose-breasted Gros- 

 beak seems unusual. Four is the number 

 here ; years ago before boys were so nu- 

 merous, numliers of them bred on the Is- 

 land in the river here, and by consulting 

 my notes, I find that on June 21st, 1862, I 

 found a nest there containing four young, 

 but the boys have made such havoc that 

 but few birds comparatively breed on the 

 Island now. — Jno. H. Sage. 



Dates of the arrival of the Baltimore 

 Oriole {Icterns bii'Mmore) for 25 years in 

 the township of Locke, Ingraham county, 

 state of Michigan. This species is a com- 

 mon summer resident with us, and was first 

 noticed by me in the summer of 1842. 

 May 2 1859 May 8 1865 May 8 1873 

 Mav 11 1857 May 8 1866 M-iy 9 1874 

 MpyS 1867 May 10 1875 

 May 5 1868 May 9 1876 

 May 4 1868 May 5 1877 

 May 5 1870 May 1 1878 

 May 1 1871 Mav 5 1879 

 May 7 1872 May 3 1880 



May 5 1858 

 April 28 1859 

 April 30 1860 

 May 1 1861 

 xM^y 101862 

 May 101863 

 May 8 1864 



H. a. Atkins. M. D. 



