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THE OOLOGIST 



Well I decided they were Gray 

 Kingbird, (Tyrannus dominicensis) 

 (445) of the A. O. U. and on June 5th, 

 I went and collected the nest and 

 eggs. This time I saw both birds well, 

 larger size, grayish white under parts, 

 tail not tipped with pure white, satis- 

 fied me they were the Gray Kingbird. 

 They both scolded good all the time 

 I was collecting the nest and three 

 eggs. The nest is a handsome af- 

 fair, foundation a piece of mullen and 

 a few twigs, the body of dark rootlets, 

 a few twigs and hemplike fibers and 

 strips, and neatly lined with dried 

 grass, and horse tail hair, mostly 

 black; which contrasted the eggs 

 strongly; placed on the top side of a 

 limb of a wild crabapple tree, among 

 small branches, far out over the river, 

 about five feet above the water, and 

 four feet from the body of the tree; 

 measures outside 7x7x3 inches deep. 

 Inside 3 x 2.5 x 1.75 inches deep. Lean- 

 ing tree. 



The eggs have cream color ground, 

 vary from heavily marked in No. 1, 

 loss so in No. 2; still less in No. 3. 

 Over the whole surface of all is sprin- 

 kled very sparingly, fine specks of 

 red, brown and lilac; No. 1 has large 

 heavy spots and blotches, around the 

 large end, and just inside of this, as 

 if blurred out from it, is a circle of 

 lighter blurred looking brown, almost 

 covering the large end; No. 2 has few- 

 er of the large heavy blotches, and a 

 cloiided look to the blurred brown, 

 which is mixed with lilac; No. 3 has 

 still fewer of the large blotches and 

 none of the blurred markings, which 

 is replaced by fine specks and dots of 

 redbrown and purple, and a very lit- 

 tle blurred; from long oval, measure 

 1.08x70, 1.04 x. 68; 1.02 x .70 inches. 

 This is the only record I know of, of 

 the nesting in this state, at least in 

 this part, of the Gray Kingbird, (T. 

 domincensis). Data, Gibson's Bridge, 



Dodge Co., Wisconsin, two and one- 

 half miles Southeast of Columbus, 

 •June 5, 1896. 



George W. H. Vos Burgh, 



Columbus, Wis. 



Late Nesting of the Towhee. 



On August 2, 1911 I found the nest 

 of a Towhee near Uniontown, Pa., con- 

 taining two eggs. The nest would not 

 have been found except by an acci- 

 dent for it was cleverly hidden in a 

 dense thicket of black berry bushes. 

 I was out berry picking with some of 

 my relations when one of the party, 

 not seeing the nest, bumped up 

 against it and knocked the two eggs 

 out of it. One of them broke under 

 the nest and it must have been that 

 which scared the birds away for that 

 nest was deserted and another nest 

 was built, not more than fifteen feet 

 from the first nest. 



Two eggs were laid in the second 

 nest and I am glad to say that they 

 were successfully hatched and the 

 young birds raised. Both nests were 

 substantially built and were made of 

 the usual material. 



Thos. D. Burleigh. 



Late Nesting of tlie Cedar Waxwing. 



On August 18, 1911, I found the nest 

 of a Cedar Waxwing near Uniontown, 

 Pa., that contained two fresh eggs. 

 This nest was unlike any other of the 

 species that I have ever found for it 

 was deep in the woods in a young 

 sapling about 10 feet from the ground. 

 All other nests of this species that I 

 have ever found have been either in 

 orchards or near houses, and usually 

 about 15 feet from the ground. 



There was no house within two 

 miles of this nest. The nest was quite 

 small and had it not been for the eggs 

 I would never have guessed it to be 

 that of a Cedar Waxwing. The birds 

 were not around when the nest was 

 found. 



Thos. D. Burleigh. 



