114 THE OOLOGIST 
Photographing Some Difficult Nests. 
The three following species, al- 
though not rare, are rather hard ‘to 
photograph, especially their nests and 
eggs in the original situation. A pho- 
tograph, of the nest and eggs of the 
first species is. hard to obtain. In a 
long experience this is the only oppor- 
tunity that I ever had to record the 
nesting of this bird with the camera, 
and I thought that perhaps an account 
of the find and the result might prove 
of interest to the readers of THE 
OOLOGIST. 
Chimney Swift. (Chaetura pelagica). 
During the early summer of 1903, 
with two companions and fellow col- 
lectors I was camping in the southern 
part of Washington County, Pennsyl- 
vania. By referring to my note book 
for that year I find that on June 26th, 
one of my comrades, while on his way 
to a country store, found a Chimney 
Swift’s nest in the large stone chim- 
ney of an old log cabin. The house 
contained two stories and was situated 
in a field along a road, and about one 
hundred yards from a farm house. 
The old building was surrounded by a 
few apple and cherry trees. My friend 
discovered the nest by looking up the 
chimney from an old fire place on the 
first floor. He climbed to the roof of 
the cabin and, on looking down the 
chimney, saw one egg in the nest. He 
left at once and reported his find at 
camp. 
We decided that the set would be 
ccmpleted by the 29th, and so, on that 
No. 62—Nest and Eggs of Crow 
Photo by Harl R, Forrest. 
