THK YOUNG ORNITHOLOGIST. 



THE NEST OF THE RUBY- 

 THROATED HUMMING BIRD. 



While collectino; June 2nd I was 

 watching a Downy Woodpecker, whose 

 set of five eggs I had just taken from 

 a hole in an apple-tree near by, when 

 I saw a humming bird fly from an 

 oak tree and dart furiously at the 

 woodpecker and then at me. This she 

 repeated two or three times, each 

 time flying back to the oak tree. I 

 knew her nest must be in the vicinity, 

 so I sat down to watch her. But I 

 did not have to wait but a few min- 

 utes when to my delight she flew to 

 what looked to be a moss-covered knot ; 

 this I knew was her nest. It was 

 placed on a horizontal limb 30 ft. 

 from the ground, and was about as 

 far from the main trunk of the tree. 

 I climbed to a large branch over the 

 nest where I could look into it and see 

 the two pure white eggs that were in 

 it. I could not reach the nest, so I 

 left it until the following day, when I 

 returned with a ladder and succeeded 

 in getting the nest and eggs, which 

 are now in my collection . 



The nest is made of fine plant down, 

 covered thickly on the outside with 

 lichens. It measures 3-4 of an inch in 

 width, and just the same depth. 



The eggs are eliptical in shape and 

 measure .46 x .35. J. A., 



Needham, Mass. 



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I have a number of first-class eggs, 

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W. Newbury, Mass. 



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Franklin, O. 



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