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2. The winter at that time was very 

 cold in the far Northwest, with heavy 

 snow, which deprived these birds of 

 the necessary food and they wandered 

 in an easterly direction. They traveled 

 at that time in large flocks and by 

 their tameness showed their ignorance 

 of man and his ways. 



All of the specimens were mounted 

 and part of them given away. One 

 pair is at present in the National Mu- 

 seum in Sweden. The eggs are ex- 

 ceedingly rare in collections, and to my 

 knowledge only one set can be seen 

 in Mr. L. Child's great collection in 

 Floral Park, New York. 



I have about 10 specimens of the 

 evening grosbeak in my collection and 

 those that are sufficiently interested 

 to see them will be welcome. 



Ottomar Reinecke. 



Buffalo. .Jan. 12. 1911. 



WANTED RELIABLE INFORMATION 



Many advanced Bird Students of 

 America know that P. B. Peabody, of 

 Blue Rapids, Kansas, has long had in 

 preparation a comprehensive work on 

 the Nesting Habits of all North Ameri- 

 can Birds; including those of the Rio 

 Grande Region; the Antilles; and of 

 the Coastal Islands of the Pacific and 

 the Gulf of California. 



In securing the necessary data all 

 reliable germaine literature, domestic 

 and foreign, has been ransacked; and 

 the services of ninety-seven trained 

 observers and students have been en- 

 listed; to secure original observations 

 from the field. As to the thorough- 



ness with which all this work has 

 been done the brief remaining list of 

 birds whose nestings are yet unknown 

 bears witness: that list numbering 

 less than eighty. 



A final appeal for information re- 

 mains to be made before the manu- 

 script of "Nesting Ways of North 

 American Birds" can be finally sub- 

 mitted to one of the two well known 

 eastern publishers that have severally 

 asked the privilege of reading the man- 

 uscript. The readers of THE OOLO- 

 GIST are asked for original and abso- 

 lutely authentic information. — and 

 such information, only, for the follow- 

 ing species and sub-species; (All Rob- 

 ins, Seaside Sparrows and Marsh 

 Wrens of the Gulf States) ; any Amer- 

 ican nestings of any of the imported 

 Pheasants, — Green, Gold, Silver, Cop- 

 per, — but ont of the Ring-necks; Ber- 

 muda Ground Dove; Newfoundland 

 (Hairy) Woodpecker; Blue-eared and 

 Couch Jays; Bahama (Violet-gi'een) 

 Swallow; Florida Chickadee. — (from 

 the peninsula) ; Newfoundland Veery; 

 and Florida, (Peninsula), Yellow- 

 throat. 



The information desired should cover 

 every essential feature of nesting phe- 

 nomena; and it should be as brief as 

 possible. All furnishers of authentic and 

 valuable information will be quoted 

 by name in loco in the text of Nest- 

 ing Ways. 



No information, whatever, is wanted 

 for any other birds than those above 

 noted; except that all authentic data 

 concerning Parasitism will be cordi- 

 ally welcomed. Correspondents will 

 kindly note; that mere hear-say data 

 are worse than useless. 



Rev. P. B. Peabody. 



Blue Rapids, 



Kansas. 



PASSENGER PIGEON INVESTIGATION 



January 20, 1911. 

 List of Awards to Date, with Conditions Governing them. 

 For first information, exclusive and confidential, of the location of a nest- 

 ing pair or colony of passenger pigeons, anywhere in North America; when 

 properly confirmed and if found bv confirming party with parent birds and eggs 

 or young UNDISTURBED: 



Colonel Anthony R. Kuser will pay an award of $300. 



John E. Thayer will pay an award of $700. 



This means that the first nesting discovered, if found undisturbed by con- 

 firming party will draw a prize of one thousand dollars $1,000.00. 



