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"Whenever I approached within this 

 distance of the nest he became very 

 conspicuous and would try his best to 

 attract my attention away from his 

 treasures. But when he found his 

 methods were of no avail, he would 

 suddenly disappear and be heard 

 chirping softly a short distance off. 

 The female, after her mate's interest 

 had subsided, began to search all the 

 more industriously and brought food 

 ■almost every two or three moments 

 whenever observations were being 

 made. I spent four hours of each day 

 near the nest at periods ranging from 

 sunrise to sunset and at all times she 

 was continually coming with food and 

 carrying away the excrement of the 

 young which she dropped about twen- 

 ty feet off. As the young gained 

 strength her labors were necessarily 

 increased and on the tenth, eleventh 

 and twelfth days at many times she 

 was almost beside herself when the 

 youngsters would indulge in family 

 jars and chamber from the nest on the 

 surrounding branches teetering about 

 until she could push them, by main 

 force, back into the nest. On the thir- 

 teenth day the brood left the nest 

 and were not again seen. 



Louis S. Kohler. 



Florida Notes. 



Donald J. Nicholson reports, "White 

 Herons are becoming very prolific 

 breeders this season. A nest con- 

 taining eight eggs, all fresh, was 

 found, and it is safe to say that I 

 shall retain them. 



On April 2d a Wood Ibis rookery 

 was visited, and I was much disap- 

 pointed at finding all the eggs hatch- 

 ed with the exception of three nests. 

 Two of these sets were pipped and 

 young coming through the shell. The 

 other set of two was found to be in- 

 fertile upon blowing them. 



Personal. 



Stanley G. Jewett returned April 

 11th from a trip to Venezuela and 

 Columbia, South America with Frank 

 M. Chapman and others in the interest 

 of the Museum of Natural History of 

 New York. He says among other 

 things: 



"We got a fine lot of material, and 

 some entirely new stuff." 



Prof Harlan E. Hall of Mansfield, 

 Ohio, is preparing a volume on the 

 identification of birds. The well- 

 known ability of Professor Hall is a 

 guarantee of the quality and reliabil- 

 ity cf the work. 



E. R. Adams formerly of Canton, Or- 

 nithologist and Taxidermist has mov- 

 ed his residence to Medfield, Mass., 

 P. O. Box 552. 



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