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If the male happens to be near the 

 nest when an intruder passes along, 

 it will at once begin screaming. If a 

 person stops to look much, the bird 

 will get very restless and fly about, 

 always alighting close by and scream- 

 ing. In such a case in late May I 

 usually start in and look carefully 

 through the hemlock and it generally 

 doesn't take long to find the nest. 

 Sometimes the female will not leave 

 unless the tree is jarred quite hard. 



The Sharp-shin as well as all other 

 hawks are each year becoming 

 scarcer. I used to shoot a good many 

 hawks of different species but of late 

 years I let them pass as I have all I 

 need in my collection and I find that 

 if not killed off they will return each 

 year to the same locality and thus I 

 always know where to look for them. 

 R. B. Simpson. 



News Note. 



The well-known naturalist, C. L. 

 Rawson (J. M. W.) of Norwich, Con- 

 necticut, sends us his twenty-eighth 

 subscription for THE OOLOGIST. 

 Few observers are as apt in their 

 choice of language of a descriptive 

 nature as this well-known writer. We 

 trust that he will in time send us the 

 copy for which we have been waiting 

 so long. 



Mr. A. M. Eddy, of Albion, N. Y., 

 who has printed THE OOLOGIST for 

 more than twenty-five years past is 

 now cruising amid the West India 

 Islands, but will be back in time to 

 get out the April issue, which owing 

 to his absence, may possibly be a day 

 or two late. 



One of our subscribers finds fault 

 with us because we publish too many 

 illustrations and suggests ithat the 

 space thus occupied would be of more 



value if filled with reading matter. 

 Perhaps he overlooks the fact that 

 all we have promised our subscribers 

 is eight pages with each issue, to in- 

 clude one half tone. We leave it to 

 our patrons whether or not we have 

 fulfilled this pledge. 



A Proposition. 



Dr. R. P. Bales, of Circleville, Ohio, 

 writes, "It is wonderful how much 

 THE OOLOGIST has improved since 

 you took charge. The only fault I can 

 find is that you roll it up for mailing 

 instead of mailing it flat. Rolling 

 sometimes spoils the half tones." 



We have many complaints of this 

 character. This defect would have 

 been provided for long since but for 

 the fact that our subscription list was 

 not large enough to justify the addi- 

 tional outlay. It is an improvement 

 that we would like to make, and we 

 will say this to our readers. 



If you will get busy and send us 

 enough new subscriptions to run our 

 subscription list up to 1200 by the 

 first day of July, we will adopt this 

 improvement. We believe that we 

 have been furnishing you a better or- 

 nithological magazine for the price 

 than has ever been furnished before 

 In this country; but as it takes money 

 to buy half tone plates and paper, pay 

 printers and clerks, we have not 

 thought the additional expense would 

 justify it. 



However, Mr. Reader, it is now up 

 to you; and there is no reason in the 

 world why each one of you should not 

 send us from one to five subscriptions 

 within this period of time; and if you 

 do that well, many other improve- 

 ments will be made aside from mailing 

 the magazine flat. 



George A. Holtz of Crofton, Nebras- 

 ka reports finding a Marsh Hawk's 

 nest two years ago, containing eight 

 eggs, a very unusual number. 



