THH OOLOGIST 129 
Brown Thrasher in Southwestern 
Pennsylvania. 
On July 3, 1910 I found a nest of 
the Brown Thrasher, containing two 
eggs, and on July 10th, a nest of the 
same number. In both cases incuba- 
tion had begun. Is this not unusual, 
as I find of no instances of this kind, 
the Brown Thrasher laying in April 
and May, and then from three to four 
eges. 
One of these nests was in a small 
apple tree, composed of weeds and 
grass, lined with rootlets, three feet 
from the ground. The other was in 
a blackberry brier two and one-half 
feet from the ground, and made of 
the same material, In the last case 
the bird remained on the nest after 
I was within three feet of her. 
GHALE M,. NUSS. 
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Baeolophus Inornatus, 
I found a nest of the Plain Titmouse 
in a rather novel manner on March 
28th of the season just passed. We 
had been searching through the live 
oaks that border the foothills along 
the Los Angeles River for sets of this 
species, but had met with no success. 
Leaving the oak belt behind, we fol- 
lowed the road down through the wil- 
lows. Wishing to obtain a stick to 
rap at the base of any willows ex- 
hibiting symptoms of being the nesting 
Place of any of the numerous specie 
of Woodpeckers inhabiting the river 
bottom, I broke off a limb from a 
small dead willow near the road. To 
my surprise, I noticed a quantity of 
rabbit and squirrel] hair projecting 
from the cavity left, and further ex- 
amination revealed a set of four eggs 
of the Plain Titmouse, covered over by 
the hair and feathers forming the lin- 
ing. The foundation of the nest was 
composed of straw and green moss. 
I would like to hear of other acci- 
dental discoveries of this sort, which 
many of the readers of THE OOLO- 
GIST have no doubt experienced. 
D. I, SHEPARDSON. 
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The Holboell Grebe in Philadelphia 
County, Pa. 
In THE OOLOGIST (1906, p. 23) I 
recorded the capture of a Holboell’s 
Grebe in Philadelphia County. Ever 
since then I have been on the lookout 
for others, but never met with it again 
until November 11, 1909. On that day 
I saw three together on the Schuyl- 
kill River, above the Falls of Schuyl- 
kill, and in Fairmount Park, Philadel- 
phia. 
I watched them for a long time as 
they dove and swam about, always 
keeping together, and never coming 
any nearer than within about two hun- 
dred yards of the shore. They also 
kept shy of the few pleasure crafts on 
the river at the time, mainly canoes. 
It was impossible to shoot them as 
they were in the park, so I am still in 
quest of other specimens’ for my col- 
lection. 
It is a singular fact that very few 
of our gunners have met with this 
bird; none whom I have interviewed 
have ever seen it, and they know it 
not when I described it to them. There 
is a bare possibility of their confus- 
ing it with the Red-throated Loon. 
There is one in the possession of a 
family in Kensington, Philadelphia, 
killed about November or December, 
1905, on the Delaware River, above 
Philadelphia; which is probably a fe- 
male. R. F. MILLER. 
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Cc. L. RAWSON’S QUAIL 
TRAP ITEMS 
Connecticut Bird Notes From an Old 
Hand at the Game. 
The Quail Trap, Sep. 23, 1909—My 
attention has been called to a list of 
common birds which appeared at in- 
