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■were always chosen. The eggs were about 

 the size of those of the Blue Yellow-back, 

 (Panda americana,) but were more oval 

 in form, and marked with darker spots. 

 One set contained three eggs ; three had 

 five eggs each ; and the other five were 

 each composed of four eggs. 



Golden-ckowned Thrush, {Siurus auriea- 

 pillus,) May 21, a bird of this species sud- 

 denly appeared in front of me, as I was 

 walking along a brook. A. close search 

 revealed her leaf-thatched nest, which con- 

 tained five "partially incubated eggs, closely 

 resembling those of the Yellow breasted 

 Chat, (Icteria virens,) in appearance. 



Yellow-breasted Chat, (Icteria virens,) 

 First of May the Chats arrived, and two 

 weeks later, their nests were to be found 

 in almost every patch of blackberry bushes. 

 The nest was composed of dry leaves, 

 plant- stalks, and grasses, neatly put to- 

 gether; many of them contained only„ 

 three eggs, but the majority hold four. 



"White-eyed Vireo, ( Vireo noveboracen- 

 sis,) May 28, obtained a set of four fresh 

 eggs. The nest, which was composed of 

 fine strips of inner-bark, bits of leaves, 

 spiders' webs, and tree-moss outside, lined 

 with fine grasses, was hanging in the fork 

 of an alder bush, about two and a half 

 feet from the ground. 



Cardinal Grosbeak, (Cardinalls virgini- 

 anus.) This bird was very abundant ;' the 

 nests were usually placed in a young cedir 

 or pine. The number of eggs in a set 

 never exceeded three and in several nests 

 only two were deposited. First set was 

 taken May 10. 



Common Ckow, (Corvus frugivorus,) Ob- 

 tained my first set April 9 ; ten days later 

 discovered a nest containing four young, 

 just hatched, and two eggs. Every nest 

 found was in a pine. 



Whip-pook-will, (Caprimulgus vocife- 

 rus,) May 14, as I was passing through a 

 young pine wood, a "Whip-poor-will started 

 up almost at my feet, and flying a few 

 yards lay on the ground fluttering its out- 



spread wings. The two white eggs, spot- 

 ted with brown and lilac, were soon dis- 

 covered and incubatiou was found to have 

 begun. June 1, found a nest with one 

 young a few days old, and a stale egg and 

 the next day discovered another with the 

 same contents. June 5, an old bird start- 

 ed up a few feet ahead of me, but the two 

 little brown birds so resembled the leaves 

 on which they lay, that I had to make a 

 close search on my knees to find them. 

 The four nests found were each in a clump 

 of young trees, and were composed of old, 

 dry leaves, just as they had fallen from 

 the trees. Does it often happen that one 

 egg is barren ? 



Cooper's Hawk, (Accipiter cooperi,) May 

 5, discovered a nest containing four eggs, 

 incubation advanced, and two days later 

 another containing three eggs, incubated a 

 few days. Each nest was a bulky affair 

 and was placed in the top of a pine. 



Turkey Buzzard, (Cathartes aura,) 

 April 29, flushed an old bird from her nest 

 under a rock, in the Bull Bun ravine, and 

 secured the two eggs, which contained 

 large embryos. The eggs were laid on the 

 bare ground, and the place was not filthy 

 as I expected to find it. June 5, in a large 

 oak wood, saw a bird fly from a hole under 

 a tree and obtained the one bad egg. The 

 bird flew to a high tree where it perched 

 and made a hissing noise, similar to that 

 of the Goose. — H. K. Jamison, Mana- 

 yurtk, Penna. 



Notes prom Middle North Carolina.— On Oct. 15, 

 while out collecting, we secured a specimen of the Con- 

 necticut Warhler, (Oparornis agilis), in fall plumage. When 

 shot it was hopping about in some alder bushes in the low- 

 grounds. This is the first we know of from this 

 State and on account of its rarity we have preserved the 

 specimen, although somewhat damaged by the shot. 



A Lark, (Sturndla magna), having its tail, the primaries 

 on both wings, and half the secondaries on the right wing 

 pure white, was shot on the exposition grounds on October 

 31st. It had also many stray white feathers in its plumage, 

 which was much paler than usual ; the Lark was also an 

 unusually large one. During last summer we shot several 

 specimens of the Rough-winged Sparrow, (Stelgidopteryx 

 serripennis), which is said by Jordan's Vertebrates to be 

 rare eastward, but it seems common around here in the 

 summer.— if. H. ,<• C. S. Brvmley, RaUigh, V. C. 



