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THE OOLOGIST 



measure, 1.06 x .84, 1.06 x .85, 1.10 x 

 .87, 1.09 x .86, 1.06 x .85, 1.08 x .85, 

 .88 x .71. 



Flicker, set of seven eggs, including 

 one runt, 9-7-08, collected by myself, 

 in Decatur Co., Kansas, May 25, 1902; 

 1.05 x .90, 1.06 x .90, 1.09 x .88, 1.08 x 

 .88, 1.05 x .88, 1.06 x .90, :89 x .78. 



Flicker, set of six eggs, 2-6-09, this 

 set contains the banner runt of the 

 series, being about the size of a Bush- 

 tit's egg. This set was taken by the 

 writer, in Decatur Co., Kansas, May 

 18, 1909; measure, 1.13 x .86, 1.10 x 

 .86, 1.11 x .87, 1.18 x .88, 1.07 x .84, 

 .52 x .45. 



Flicker, set of six eggs, 8-6-11, in- 

 cluding one runt and one double yolk- 

 ed egg, taken by myself, in Decatur 

 Co., Decatur Co., Kansas, June 8, 1911; 

 measure 1.18 x .88, 1.20 x .90, 1.20 x 

 .88, 1.18 x .86, 1.31 x .98/ .80 x .63. 



Red-headed Woodpecker, set of four 

 eggs, 1-4-09, taken by Harley Riley, in 

 Decatur Co., Kansas, May 23, 1909; 

 measure 1.07 x .77, 1.05 x .79, .90 x .78, 

 .84 x .70. 



The sets that were collected by my- 

 self, were complete when found, so I 

 was unable to find out when the ab- 

 normal eggs were deposited, whether 

 the first or last egg of the set, or be- 

 tween the two. On June 10, 1908, I 

 found an Orchard Oriole's nest with 

 one normal egg in it; returning the 

 15th the nest contained three normal 

 eggs with one runt, this would prove 

 that this bird at least, did not lay the 

 runt egg first but whether it was the 

 last egg of the clutch or the second or 

 third, is a matter of conjecture. This 

 set measures .84 x .57, .80 x .56, .80 x 

 .55, .45 x .34, and was collected in Dec- 

 atur Co., Kansas, June 15, 1908. 



Guy Love. 

 Oberlin, Kansas. 



ter a few sets in an upland pasture 

 near Clinton, I heard a Bob White 

 calling a short distance away and so I 

 started over to investigate. When 

 nearly over there I flushed a Meadow- 

 lark from her nest. I took a look at 

 it and was surprised to find that it 

 held four Lark and four Bob White 

 eggs. At almost the same time the 

 Bob Whites flushed only a few feet 

 away. I was not after oddities that 

 day so I didn't take them, but I have 

 since wished that I had for I have 

 never seen anything like it before, al- 

 though I have heard of them laying 

 with Guineas before and have often 

 picked up single eggs in the fields. I 

 even picked up a fresh one this win- 

 ter while out hunting. 



Bob White or Meadowlark? 

 On May the 9th, 1910, while out af- 



Bachman's Sparrow, A Summer Resi- 

 dent in Southern Pennsylvania. 

 During the past summer I spent 

 several days in company with a Har- 

 vard Professor working out an old 

 Indian trail which runs near the bord- 

 er line of Pennsylvania and West 

 Virginia, only a few miles from the 

 extreme South-western corner of the 

 former State. One rainy afternoon 

 as we rested beneath some giant oaks 

 which bordered a deserted field. I 

 heard the peculiar song of a strange 

 Sparrow. By carefully creeping near 

 to where it sat perched, I was able 

 to hear and watch it a litttle while. 

 The song seemed to be composed of 

 the following notes, "thee-ee-ee-ee-lut, 

 lut, lut, lut." As we approached near- 

 er the border line I noted several more 

 of these peculiar Sparrows and watch- 

 ed them carefully. Upon reaching 

 home some days later, I made a study 

 of the recorded actions and habits of 

 Bachman's Sparrow. From What I 

 could learn this Sparrow has in re- 

 cent years extended its range through 

 Northern West Virginia. In several 

 sections it has been found breeding 



