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eggs were five in number, nearly fresh, 

 and very well-marked specimens, al- 

 though the markings were somewhat 

 fainter than is usual with the species. 



I could not see for the world how 

 the bird managed to get out of the cav- 

 ity. It seemed easy enough for her 

 to get in, by going head first, but there 

 was not room enough for her to turn 

 around and she would have been com- 

 pelled to back out; there was barely 

 enough room in the back part of the 

 cavity for her to squeeze in over the 

 eggs. 



These five eggs measure: .72 x .56, 

 .72 x .55, .73 x .56, .70 x .56 and .71 x .56 

 inches. 



One intermediate between the east- 

 ern form and the Sennett's Titmouse, 

 collected about four and a half miles 

 west of Houston, contained a small 

 tape worm or hook worm of some 

 sort in between the intestines, and it 

 is a wonder to me that the bird was 

 as healthy and fat as it seemed to be. 

 The tiny parasite immediately died on 

 being brought into the cold winter air, 

 the bird having been skinned afield. 

 Finlay Simmons. 

 Houston, Texas. 



Elevated Nests of the Towhee. 



On June 26, 1910, I found a nest of 

 the Towhee in some scrubby growth 

 near Oil City, Pa. The nest was typi- 

 cal in every way but was placed four 

 feet up in some beech sprouts, much 

 after the fashion of the nests of the 

 Cardinal. At that time the female 

 was sitting on two eggs. 



Again on August 7, 1912, I found a 

 Chewink's nest near Edge Hill, Mont- 

 gomery County, Penna., with the fe- 

 male sitting on the half incubated 

 eggs. The nest was up probably three 

 feet in the forks of some young White 

 Oak sprouts along the road and again 

 resembled greatly the situation chosen 

 by the Cardinal. 



The writer desires to add these two 

 Instances to the several published 

 records of this trait of some Chewinks. 

 The fact remains however, that the 

 Chewink is preeminently a ground 

 nesting occasionally in such species 

 as the Brown Thrasher and Dove. 



Richard C. Harlow. 



Henry W. Beers. 



We regret to chronicle the death of 

 Henry W. Beers of Bridgeport, Con- 

 necticut, for many years a subscriber 

 to THE OOLOGIST, and a member of 

 the leading circle of collectors of 

 birds, skins, nests and eggs. His 

 death was caused by pneumonia after 

 a two months' illness and he leaves 

 a wife and six months old boy, to 

 whom we extend our sincere sympa- 

 thy. 



It was a regret at the time that we 

 did not meet Mr. Beers when at 

 Bridgeport last summer. His collec- 

 tion is full of rare specimens and 

 choice material. 



What Are They? 



I have 1-5 marked Sulphur-bellied 

 Flycatcher that came from the collec- 

 tion of the late Wm. B. Crispin. The 

 eggs are very pale cream color, glossy. 

 One egg is marked all over with small 

 reddish and lavender dots. One is 

 similar to the first only the dots are 

 more indistinct. The others are al- 

 most plain but show a similarity. 

 The sizes of the five eggs are 1.00 x 

 .68, 1.00 x. 67, 1.00x68, .92x65, 87 x 

 .64. Sulphur-bellied Flycatcher eggs 

 look like Crested Flycatchers while 

 these are more like Martins. The 

 data reads as follows: 



No. 451 Name, Sulphur-bellied Fly- 

 catcher. Collected by F. B. Armstrong. 

 Locality, Tampica, Mexico. Date, May 

 17, 1904. Set mark, 18-5. Incubation 



