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THE OOLOGIST 2^ C^ > N*^^ 



ports the taking of a set of five eggs 

 of the Osprey this Spring. He also 

 photographed the eggs in the nest. 

 This set, together with that reported 

 by H. H. Bailey this Spring, are the 

 only sets of this size known to us. 



In July, 1910, as I was walking 

 through a woods, I came across the 

 nest of a Mourning Dove. As I came 

 forward she immediately flew off her 

 nest and perched herself on a limh 

 not far away. There were two eggs 

 in the nest. The nest was made of 

 grass twisted together. A few days 

 later I discovered a new nest not far 

 from the first one. I watched both 

 nests daily. 



The eggs were soon hatched and 

 when the young birds were strong 

 enough they fiew away. 



In April 1911, I discovered the nest 

 of a Par^tridge with fourteen eggs in 

 it. Upon visiting the nest a few days 

 later, I found that she had quit it. 

 Upon knowing this, I took the eggs 

 for my collection. 



Walter Elliott, Plant City, Fla. 



Low Oriole's Nest. 



On .June 12, I discovered a nest of 

 the Baltimore Oriole, containing 

 young. The peculiar feature of this 

 was that the nest was in a maple sap- 

 ling, only four feet from the ground. 

 In my nearly forty years of bird ob- 

 servation, I have never met with a 

 nest located as near the ground as 

 this. 



Chas. F. Carr, New London, Wis. 



We once fonnd one of these nests 

 hanging from the end of a limb of an 

 elm in the overfiowed river bottoms 

 here, which was less than three feet 

 above the water. It and the set of 

 four eggs are now in our collection. 



Editor. 



NOTES. 



The well-known oologist, J. M. 

 Carroll of San Marcos, Texas, writes 

 to change his address to Shawnee, 

 Oklahoma, which is to be his future 

 home, and adds, ^ 



"Be sure to address me at that place 

 in the future; I do not want to miss 

 any copies of THE OOLOGIST." 



H. H. Bailey, of Newport News, 

 Virginia, reports a set of five Osprey 

 eggs taken this season — this is the 

 largest set of which we have any 

 Knowledge. 



Persistent. 

 March 15th while watching a pair 

 of Prairie Horned Larks through my 

 glass, one of them flew to a small 

 three cornered rock with a worm. As 

 the worm was too large for one bite, 

 it was dropped on the rock but slipped 

 to the ground. The Lark hopped down 

 after it, but as soon as he placed it on 

 the rock, it again slid to the ground. 

 This pei'formance was repeated six- 

 teen times before he finished eating 

 it. Alex Walker. 



Local Paper. 



This will illustrate the source of 

 much mis-information. The people 

 read such as this in the local press 

 and believe it. 



These Birds are not Eagles at all, 

 but are some species of hawk-probably 

 the cooper's hawk — Editor. 



EAGLES RAISING FAMILY 



!N SOiVIERSET TOWN. 



Middleport, June 15. — (Special). — 

 An eagle's eyrie, with five little 

 eaglets, is on the Davis farm in the 

 town of Somerset, Niagara County 

 on the shore of Lake Ontario. 

 For many seasons past two American 

 eagles have made their headquarters 

 at the Davis farm, but never until this 

 season did they nest; and so far as 

 known it is the first time that a nest 

 has been built in Niagara county. 

 The eaglets are carefully guarded by 

 the old birds, as well as by the mem- 

 bers of the Davis family. The law is 

 very severe for anyone molesting 

 them in any way. 



