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opera glass examination, that the base 
of the lower mandible in the young 
was flesh-colored or perhaps even yel- 
lowish. 
x 43. Hermit Thrush, (Hylocichla 
guttata pallasii). Fairly common. 
Found a nest with four eggs on July 
16th. 
x 44. Robin (Planesticus migrator- 
ius). Common. One old nest was on 
a beam inside an old shed, another, 
containing an addled eggs, flat on a 
beam in a well-house. 
x 45. Blue-bird, (Sialia sialis). Five 
seen, Sharon, July 15th. 
Farmer’s list mentioned a Black- 
poll Warbler as probably seen, and 
the Prairie Warbler and Wood Thrush 
as common. The first two are doubt- 
less erroneous, while the last I take to 
be merely a slip of the pen for the 
Hermit. 
SIDNEY F. BLAKE. 
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SPRING AND WINTER BIRDS. 
The past winter was notable for the 
great amount of snow. By February 
the snow in the woods was forty to 
fifty inches deep and lumbermen and 
oil men were compelled to use snow- 
shoes. We had a fine warm March, 
but April and May and even early 
June were cold months marked by 
severe frosts and freezes. The mi- 
grants, especially warblers, were very 
late in arriving and when they did 
come, it was in small numbers and 
spread out. No flights. 
Several times during the severe win- 
ter, lumbermen report seeing Ravens 
in the heavy timber along the Warren- 
Forest County line. Late in April I 
saw three Ravens flying near here. 
The first I have ever seen. WHarly in 
May a pair were seen nearby. It is 
not unlikely that they are located in 
some of the large timber tracts and 
when the hunting season opens this 
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fall I may locate them. Not many 
years ago Ravens were resident here, 
but for some reason all seemed to 
leave at once. In spite of the severe 
weather, northern visitors were scarce. 
There were only a few flocks of Amer- 
ican Crossbills and Pine Finches. 
Much less in number than usual. Snow 
flakes were about in large flocks and 
on the open places on the river were 
a few Goldeneyes and American Mer- 
gansers. These with an occasional 
Northern Shrike made up the list of 
visitors. A pair of Sparrow Hawks 
stayed about the business part of town 
and preyed on the English Sparrows. 
Late in February, one of them was 
killed by striking a wire while in pur- 
suit of a sparrow. 
April 10th I saw a Holbell’s Grebe 
still in winter plumage. A quite rare 
bird in this part of the state. 
During the last week in May I saw 
several Olive-sided Flycatchers along 
the river. May 25th I shot an Hagle 
along the river, It was partly in 
adult plumage and measured 7 feet 
14 inch in expanse. This is the first 
eagle I have taken that was seven feet 
in expanse. Others have always fal- 
len short. R. B. SIMPSIN. 
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A CORRECTION. 
Editor, The Oologist:— 
I wish to call your attention to two 
errors in the last issue of THE OOLO- 
GIST. My picture which you repro- 
duced in that issue as that of the 
Swamp Sparrow, is instead the nest 
of a Meadow Lark as described in 
the article which I sent you at the 
time. The other error is of no con- 
sequence—you stated that Sayre was 
in the vicinity of Philadelphia, which 
it is not. Philadelphia is on the south- 
ern boundry line of the state, while 
Sayre is on the northern boundry, 
about 225 miles distant. 
H. EK. BISHOP. 
