THE YOUNG ORNITHOLOGIST. 



CORRESPONDENCE. 



E. D., Milan, Ohio. Can you tell 

 me whetlier it is the Red-bellied or the 

 Golden -winged Woodpecker that is 

 called a sap-sucker? Is it really true 

 that they do injure the trees ? 



We would like to have some of our 

 readers answer this query, as we have 

 no positive proof of it. 



C. H. E., Townsend, Mass. Please 

 inform me, through your paper, what 

 kind of a hawk this is: Description, 

 — Length about 12in. ; length of wing 

 10 ; tail 6 in. above, bluish-gray ; part 

 of bill, eyes and legs yellow ; tail drab, 

 with dark bars, breast white, spotted 

 and barred with light brown, thigh 

 feathers white, very thickly barred 

 with light brown, under wing feathers 

 barred similiarly. 



We should judge it to be the Pigeon 

 Hawk {^salon columbarius) . 



W. L., of Boston, writes: "I 

 found the nest of a common Pewee 

 last spring, containing five eggs, two 

 of which were spotted. Are they 

 usually so?" 



They are not ; though they are 

 sometimes found. 



H. S., Danvers, Mass. "Can yoii 

 give me the scientific name of the 

 bird called ' Cherry bird ' here ? " 



It is the Cedar Wax-wing. 



H. A. E., Jaffrey, N. H. The 

 Black and White Creeper's egg that 

 you have is worth about 50 cents, 

 if first class. 



F. J., Davenport, la. The bird yon 

 speak of as the'Butcher-bird' is known 

 as the White-rumped Shrike. We 

 believe that it breeds in your locality. 



P. R., Dover, Mass., records some 

 of his discoveries for last year : May 

 26, I found a nest of the Black- 

 capped Chickadee, containing eight 

 eggs, in a grey birch over 20 feet from 

 ground. They were white, speckled 

 over with i-eddish brown, and averaged 

 .57 X .47 inch. I had the opportun- 

 ity previously of watching this pair, 

 while engaged in excavating their 

 nest. May 27. Found a Downy 

 Woodpecker's nest with five pearly 

 white eggs about .74 x.60 in. The next 

 of any importance, was that of the 

 Chestnut-sided Warbler, June 10, in 

 a low bush about 4 ft. from the 

 ground ; there were 4 eggs, creamy- 

 white, spotted mostly at the larger 

 end with brown and lilac. Dimen- 

 sions, 70 X 50. June 15. Found a 

 nest of the Black and White Creep- 

 ing Warbler. It was on the ground 

 at the foot of a small oak, composed 

 of pieces of bark and leaves, and 

 lined with pine needles ; it contained 

 one egg, and three young birds ; the 

 egg was evidently unfertile, as I had 

 no difficulty in blowing it. Size, .62 

 X .50, white, finely dotted with reddish 

 brown. The 20th of June, I secured 

 the nest of the rose-breasted Gross- 

 beak. It was placed in a small sap- 

 ling, about ten feet up, and was 

 composed of twigs, with a lining of 

 finer ones. It was so loosely con- 

 structed that we could see through it 

 in places. There were three bluish- 

 green eggs, spotted with brown, 

 thickest at the larger end. 



J. W. Swan, Jr., Newport, R. L, 

 writes : — " While collecting near here 

 last June, as I was walking through 

 an open field, Iwas attracted by a sound 



